Africa
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1987.9.27 - 5
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Boulton, Laura, 1899-1980
setName: label: See more items in
content: Laura Boulton films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1947
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: Film footage shot in South West Africa as part of a 1947 University of California expedition to Ovamboland. Shots include Ovambo village scenes; native miners being paid by South African officials (probably at the Tsumeb Copper mine); mine wagon being pulled by mules; scenes around cattle kraals, grass thatched huts surrounded by wooden stockades; visual documentation of the efundula ceremony, a rite of passage for Ovambo girls into womanhood; efundulu drummers, ritual dancing of initiates in distinctive skirts (made from the skins of unborn calves) and necklaces. Unidentified footage of male dancers and xylophone players (possibly Zulu).

Legacy Keywords: Houses circular thatched South West Africa ; Cattle kraals Ovambo South West Africa ; Corrals rituals in Ovambo South West Africa ; Musical instruments xylophones Zulu ; Colonialism South West Africa ; Mines copper mines mine wagons South West Africa ; Money payment of mine workers South West Africa ; Musical instruments efundula drums Ovambo ; Ceremony efundulu Ovambo ; Rites of passage efundulu womanhood Ovambo ; Adornment ritual hair Ovambo ; Garb ritual skirts necklaces Ovambo ; Food preparation mortar and pestle Ovambo ; Language and culture