The Pygmies: Hunters in the Forest
odd: label: General
content: Local Number: HSFA 2004.10.25
name: label: Collection Producer
content: Ushiyama, Jun'ichi, 1930-1997
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content: Man TV
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 1800 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972
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: The film follows the Bandibutu tribe as they moved south into the Ituri River basin and lived with them for 80 days. Filmed are the hunt, killing, slaughter and preparation of a young male elephant for food; a quarrel between a husband and wife which engages the entire village; migration due to scarcity of food; building shelters; hunting antelopes and other animals; catching honeybees; preparing bark for making loincloth; and a Pygmy woman giving birth to a baby.

Legacy Keywords: Nomads ; Hunting ; Hunting antelope ; Elephants ; Cookery ; Honeybee ; Childbirth ; Language and culture ; Africa ; Congo (Democratic Republic) ; Zaire ; Ituri Rainforest, Belgian Congo (Zaire)