The Cherokee Indians of North Carolina
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1986.11.5
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Kurtz, Benjamin T.
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content: Benjamin T. Kurtz films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (10 minutes, black-and-white silent; 350 feet, 16mm)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
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content: Edited film documenting settlement and house types of the Cherokee in the Big Smoky Mountains. Inventory of cultural activities includes basket making, a basket-and-dice game, demonstration of the blowgun, use of mortar-and-pestle to prepare grain, mask carving, and the dancing of various masks including the buffalo, warrior (rattlesnake), and booger masks.