Thailand, Chieng Rai Province (Akha) -- Forging a Hewing Knife
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.393; E01250
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 (10 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965
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: a blacksmith hammers a blade out of a piece of hoopiron and burns the point of it into a wooden handle. The edge of the knife is roughly sharpened with another hewing knife and is then finely polished on a grindstone.
Legacy Keywords: Thailand ; Thailand, Chieng Rai Province ; Asia; Akha