Central Sudan, Southern Wadai (Diongor) -- Scarification of the Maidens
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.233; E00960
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 (14 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965
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: among all Hahjerai groups in Chad, it is the custom to scarify the girls on the face, back, belly and shoulders. Here a woman specializing in this art makes the scars on three girls of differing ages. She makes incisions in the skin, rubs powdered charcoal into the wound, washes the area with water, then greases the wound with peanut oil.
Legacy Keywords: Sudan ; Central Sudan, Southern Wadai ; Africa; Diongor