A Good Sikh Never Cuts His Hair
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1989.2.16
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (Ananda Kentish), 1877-1947
label: Collection Creator
content: Holmes, Burton, 1870-1958
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content: Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (6 minutes, silent black-and-white; 113 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1920-1930
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 shows the wearing of topknots and turbans by Indian Sikhs and illustrates the technique of tying the hair and turban. Included is a depiction of the martial technique of throwing the steel "ring" worn around the turban by Sikhs in the British regiments.