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Object Number
50-84-00/1.1
Display Title
Ovambo: Nehemiah and pot making, 16 mm film
Descriptions
Object Description
Footage primary of a group of women outside wearing red skirts and jewelry performing a form of dance and clapping. Mostly footage of group with occasional zoomed in footage of individuals, moves from this to footage of women ceremoniously grinding grain using mortars and pestles. Film ends with women sitting and hand sculpting large pots. color, silent, 8 min.
Department
Photographic
Date
1950
Artist
Lorna Marshall
Artist
Laurence K. Marshall
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials
Film
Quantity
1
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Laurence K. Marshall
Donor
Donated by
Lorna Marshall
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