West Africa, Ivory Coast (Guere) -- Acrobatic Dance of the "Snake Maidens"
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.127; E01579
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 (33 minutes, color sound, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968
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: three small girls between the ages of four and six perform acrobatic feats while accompanied by two drums and an iron clinking instrument. Later they are whirled into the air by their trainer and wound around his body like snakes. Such snake-girls are found in villages of the Dan and Guere along the western Ivory Coast and in eastern Liberia.
Legacy Keywords: Ivory Coast ; West Africa, Ivory Coast ; Africa; Guere