Gordon Gibson films
name: label: Creator
content: Gibson, Gordon D.
place: label: Place
content: Africa, Southern
label: Place
content: Angola
label: Place
content: Botswana
label: Place
content: Namibia
topic: label: Topic
content: Rites and ceremonies
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Gordon Gibson in 1983.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gibson, Gordon D.
culture: label: Culture
content: Damara (African people)
label: Culture
content: Herero (African people)
label: Culture
content: Himba (African people)
label: Culture
content: Nzima (African people)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Gordon Gibson films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (5 hours 14 minutes, black-and-white color silent sound; 12,042 feet, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1953-1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1983.05
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
label: Type
content: Sound films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage shot by Gordon D. Gibson from 1953-1973.  Collection also includes associated texts, sound recordings, production logs, and field notes.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds the Gordon Davis Gibson papers, 1937-2007.