Herero of Ngamiland
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1983.9.1
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Gibson, Gordon D.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Gordon Gibson films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Film reels (43 minutes, color sound; 1565 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1953
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The National Film Preservation Foundation supported preservation of this film.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film, narrated by Gordon D. Gibson, about the Herero, a pastoral Bantu people in Bechwanaland, southwestern Africa. Scenes represent the divison of labor between men and women as it relates to house construction, the care of cattle (herding, watering, milking), making butter and buttermilk, wood carving, and the preparation and consumption of food (butchering, stamping cornmeal); the role of clan priests in daily and ceremonial life including the daily ritual of milk tasting, propitiation of the ancestors, funerals, mourning, and inheritance; and the activities of children, the nature of traditional adornment, and song and dance.

Legacy Keywords: Cattle domestication ; Funeral rites and ceremonies ; Rites and ceremonies ; Body alterations ; Architecture, Domestic ; Domestic life ; Food preparation cooking ; Dance ; Song ; Children Africa ; Language and culture ; Educational ; Ngamiland (Botswana) ; Bechuanaland Protectorate