Africa
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1987.9.26 - 3
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Boulton, Laura, 1899-1980
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content: Laura Boulton films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1934
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 West Africa on an expedition from Senegal to the Cameroons. Location principally in Mali, Dogon country in and around the Bandiari Cliffs and Sangha villages. Shots document the Sangha village complex of the Habbe people (Dogon); shots of the cliff dwellings and architecture; village and market scenes, masked dancing of the Habba initiation society; women drumming on gourds; men and boys pounding onions for sale in the market.

Legacy Keywords: Villages cliff dwellings Sangha Mali ; Houses Toga Nu men's palaver house Mali ; Architecture cliff dwellings Mali ; Musical instruments kora drums West Africa ; Drums initiation rites Dogon ; Initiations masked dance Dogon Mali ; Masks Dogon monkey heyena kanaga Fulani Mali ; Gourds used as drums Habbe Dogon Mali ; Money cowrie shells Mali ; Language and culture