Paul Sully films of Tangoma graduation ceremonies
name: label: Filmmaker
content: Sully, Paul, 1949-
label: Sound designer
content: Gardsbane, Diane
place: label: Place
content: Africa, Southern
label: Place
content: Eswatini
label: Place
content: Gege (Eswatini)
label: Place
content: Lubombo (Eswatini)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Paul Sully in 1983.
creator: label: Filmmaker
content: Sully, Paul, 1949-
label: Sound designer
content: Gardsbane, Diane
culture: label: Culture
content: Swazi (African people)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Paul Sully films of Tangoma graduation ceremonies
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (3 hours 12 minutes, color sound silent; 3500 feet, S8mm)
label: Extent
content: Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1983.07
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
label: Type
content: Sound films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: Sully, Paul. "An Account of Fieldwork among Tangoma in Swaziland." MA thesis, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1982.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage depicting ceremonies of "graduation" of diviners in Swaziland, Southern Africa, taken in 1980 and 1981.

Collection also includes associated texts, still film, sound recordings, annotations (recorded narratives), production logs, and field notes.

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