Arabia, Hadhramaut -- Making a Stone Handmill
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.707; E01181
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 (18 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1966
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 stone mason in South Yemen cuts a block of stone into a rough shape. The grinding surface is roughened, a mortise is punched out with a hammer, and a pivot is fitted into it. The millstone is shaped with a handle on the upper side.
Legacy Keywords: Yemen ; Arabia, Hadhramaut ; Middle East