A Rite of Passage
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
setName: label: See more items in
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, color reversal; 500 feet (14 minutes), 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1983.11, File 2005.11.38
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This short film, shot in 1952-53 with some additional shooting in 1955, explores the
"marking" ceremony that is held for young Ju/'hoan men after they hunt and kill their
first large animal. In A RITE OF PASSAGE, /Ti!kay, a boy of thirteen, shoots his first
wildebeest with an arrow. /Ti!kay's father, Kan//a, and, Crooked /Qui help the young
hunter track, skin, and butcher the animal. After the meat is brought back to the village, a
scarification ceremony takes place, symbolizing the importance of hunting and /Ti!kay's
passage into social manhood. Titles, audio, and some film from an unpublished earlier,
longer version of this film exist; see 2005.11.51 in Series 3.