West Africa, Upper Volta (Nuna) -- Carving and Painting Dance Masks
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.21; E00176
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (6 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1956
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: the raw forms for two masks have been cut from tree trunks secretly in the bush. Now a carver and his assistant shape the wood into a butterfly mask and an antelope mask. The dye is mixed and the masks are painted.
Legacy Keywords: Burkino Faso ; West Africa, Upper Volta ; Africa; Nuna