The Himba
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1983.5.2
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Gibson, Gordon D.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Gordon Gibson films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (50 minutes, color sound; 1977 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972
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 of harvest time activities and marriage rites among the Himba, a pastoral Bantu people of southwestern Angola and northwestern Namibia. Film illustrates womens' role in the domestic economy of the Himba and the various stages in a marriage ceremony. Film discusses stages in the seclusion of the bride, the ceremonial strangulation and butchering of an ox by Himba bachelors followed by a war dance and divination of the ox's entrails, seclusion of the groom's party adjacent to the village of bride's male relatives, the performance of onjongu dances at the wedding ceremony, and the incorporation of the bride into the village of her husband. Included are details on male and female adornment specific to jural status.  Includes sound recordings, field and production logs.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Marriage customs and rites g ; Dancing ceremonial ; Adornment ceremonial attire