N/um Tchai, the Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen
name: label: Collection Collaborator
content: McElwee, Ross
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Blitz, Daniel
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Bishop, John Melville
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Baker, Peter
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Ritchie, Claire
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Young, Robert
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Terry, John
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Galvin, Frank
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Bestall, Clifford
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Gardner, Robert
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994
label: Collection Creator
content: Marshall, John, 1932-2005
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Marshall, Lorna
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content: John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman film and video collection
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content: John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman film and video collection / Series 2: Published Films and Videos
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (sound, black-and-white duplicate negative; 710 feet (19.5 minutes), 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1983.11, File 2005.11.35
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This short film, shot in 1957-58, presents the N/um Tchai, or medicine dance of the
Ju/'hoansi. The film opens with a brief introduction to the role of n/um (supernatural or
spiritual medicine) in healing and in warding off evil, followed by scenes from one allnight
dance. The dance begins with a social gathering and becomes increasingly intense
as the night wears on, finally concluding at dawn.