West Africa, Sierra Leone (Mende) -- Making and Operating a Dugout
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.173; E00229
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 (16 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1955
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 felling of a tree, the hollowing of the trunk, and the smoothing of the walls of the canoe. The workers have a drink offering for the wounded tree and the new boat. The finished dugout is transported to water and launched on its first trip.
Legacy Keywords: Sierra Leone ; West Africa, Sierra Leone ; Africa; Mende