Louise Cort films of Temple Potters of Puri
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1984.8.1
name: label: Creator
content: Cort, Louise Allison, 1944-
place: label: Place
content: South Asia
label: Place
content: India
topic: label: Topic
content: Ceramics
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Louise Cort in 1984.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cort, Louise Allison, 1944-
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (3 hours, color silent; 5200 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1979-1980
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Temple Potters of Puri 1979-1980."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1984.08
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Full film record shot of the Kumbhar Bisoi potters serving the Jagarnath Temple in Puri, India. Documentation includes: the preparation, distribution, and use of the sacred food of the Jagarnath Temple; the process of producing pots in which this food is cooked and distributed; and the annual festival of the Kumbhar Bisoi potters.

Collection also contains sounds recordings.

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