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Object Number
62-15-00/1.1
Display Title
Tree Shrews. 16mm film.
Descriptions
Object Description
completed film in four parts, no text frames except title frame. Footage of shrews in captivity eating various plant and animal foods, drinking water and other liquids, grooming themselves and marking territory. Film alternates between regular zoom and speed to zoomed in replays at slower speed. bw, silent, 26 min.
Department
Photographic
Date
1960
Artist
Institut fur den Wissenschaftlichen Film, Gottingen, Germany
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
Materials
Film
Quantity
1
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Department of Anthropology, Harvard University
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