Ye Old Time Coon Hunt
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1988.16.3
name: label: Collection Collector
content: Casselton, Harold "Rusty", 1954-1970
label: Collection Collector
content: Larson, Ted M., 1940-2000
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content: Harold Casselton and Ted Larson films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (black-and white silent; 86 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1917
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 produced by "Field and Stream" Magazine for Bray Studios, Paramount. Film depicts a "coon" hunt showing men and dogs leaving a plantation house to tree a racoon. Also depicted is the role of Blacks in a coon hunt followed by communal dancing and celebration by Black men. This documents a dance style known as "shaking the dogs" accompanied by a percussion technique using wooden stakes.

Legacy Keywords: Warner, E.F. producer; Language and culture ; Musical instruments ; Dance ; African Americans