West Africa, Ivory Coast (Baule) -- "Gbagba" Mask Dance
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.93; E00890
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (3 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1967
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film: both animals and people are parodied in the gbagba dance. Performers include a sheep mask, three masks who imitate women of various tribes, and a figure disguised as a cowherd who makes fun of the other masks.
Legacy Keywords: Ivory Coast ; West Africa, Ivory Coast ; Africa; Baule