East Africa, Southern Tanganyika (Mbunga) -- Circumcision of a Youth
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.291; E00145
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 (5 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949
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 a banana grove a licensed circumciser carries out this ceremony on a young man who is held fast by an assistant. After the circumcision the youth must lick a rock that has been rubbed with tonic.
Legacy Keywords: Tanzania ; East Africa, Southern Tanganyika ; Africa; Mbunga