Uncovering an Ancient Mexican Temple
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1991.16.2
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975
label: Collection Creator
content: Stewart, Richard H. (Richard Hewett), 1901-2004
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content: Matthew Stirling collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (70 minutes, color silent; 2614 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1945
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 shot for a National Geographic Society/Smithsonian Institution expedition to Mexico led by Stirling, director of the Bureau of American Ethnography. Film traces the expedition from Mexico City to an archeological site. Footage includes: Mexico City; the countryside; establishing camp; local fruit and berries, flora, and foods; preparation of local foods for expedition members; local festival with masked dancing; excavating work and unearthing pottery; making pottery using coil technique; earthenware figures, vessels, and masks; and preparing objects for shipping.