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Object Number
56-36-00/1.1
Display Title
Remnants of a race, 16 mm film
Descriptions
Archival Scope and Content
Professional narrated film on Kalahari San people. Footage of San people hunting, living at their camp and dancing. Narrator regards San people as "Prehistoric man" and makes many assumptions and exaggerates their lack of civilized culture. Creators of film regards San people a primitive, child-like race living in harsh conditions. Film likely intended as a kind of visual tourism of area, at times narrator addresses "the traveler to the area" bw, silent, 19 min.
Department
Photographic
Date
1935
Artist
Louis Knobel
Culture
- San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms
Kalahari
Materials
Film
Quantity
1
Historical Language
Museum staff recognize the offensive nature of the term "Bushman" in describing individuals. The term is listed here as it is part of the original documentation of past collecting practices and past methods of analysis.
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Laurence L. Marshall
Important Note about Historical Language
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