West Sudan, Middle Niger (Dogon) -- Oracle
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.163; E01227
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 (13 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1966
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: shows the procedure two seers in Mali use to answer questions. An elaborate oracle chart is drawn in the sand and special signs are also drawn to represent questions. Groundnut kernels are strewn about the area to entice the jackal during the night. The next day the answers are "read" by the jackal tracks, depending on which signs were disturbed and which ones remain intact.
Legacy Keywords: Mali ; West Sudan, Middle Niger ; Africa; Dogon