Africa
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1987.9.26 - 4
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 during an expedition from Senegal to the Cameroons in 1934. Shots document life in and around the city of Timbuctoo; includes market scenes--Bella, Songhay, Arabic, and Tuareg market women; a Tuareg blacksmith; camels at the edge of the Niger River; Tuaregs mounted on camelback in mock combat; veiled Tuareg horsement with weaponry; musician playing a "molo", 3-stringed Tuareg instrument. Laura Boulton shown with French colonial authorities.

Legacy Keywords: Houses mud-brick Timbuctoo ; Markets Timbuctoo ; Craftsmen ironworkers Tuareg Timbuctoo ; Musical instruments molo Tuareg West Africa ; Vendors marketwomen Timbuctoo ; Transportation camels Tuareg Timbuctoo ; Weapons mock combat Tuareg Timbuctoo ; Urbanism pre-industrial Timbuctoo ; Language and culture