Central Africa, Kanem (Haddad) -- Silver Casting with the Lost-Wax Method
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.57; E00362
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: 1959
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: in order to make silver rings the blacksmith first makes wax models. These are covered with clay and hardened by firing, which also melts the wax away. Small bits of silver are melted in a clay vessel and the resulting liquid silver is poured into the clay casting mold. When cooled, the mold is destroyed.
Legacy Keywords: Chad ; Central Africa, Kanem ; Africa; Haddad