West Sudan, Middle Niger (Dogon) -- Plaiting a Sleeping Mat
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.159; E01223
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 (15 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1966
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 this craft of the Dogon people of Mali. Millet stalks are softened in water, split, and laid beside each other. The next step is to bind them together at one end with bark bast; then the stalks are plaited. When the mat is done the edges are finished with sewn-on padding.
Legacy Keywords: Mali ; West Sudan, Middle Niger ; Africa; Dogon