Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Marshall, John, 1932-
2. Carr, Carolyn.
3. Galvin, Frank.
4. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
5. Smithsonian Institution.
6. Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (15 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Ethnographic film depicting !Kung women playing a game that involves dance and songs. The introductory narration describes the social implications of the players' interactions.

Alternative title

1. Melon tossing game

Subject

1. Dance
2. Anthropological films and programs
3. Dance > Social aspects > Africa, Sub-Saharan
4. !Kung (African people) > Dances
5. Women's dances
6. Video
7. Singing games > Africa
8. !Kung (African people) > Social life and customs

Genre/Form

1. Anthropological films and programs.
2. Dance.
3. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-7361

Note

1. Title on wrapper: The melon tossing game.
2. "Photographed on a 1957 expedition sponsored by the Peabody Museum of Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institution."
3. Date of release on wrapper: 1970.

Title

1. N!owa t'ama [videorecording] : the melon tossing / a film from the !Kung film studies of John Marshall ; made by John Marshall, Carolyn Carr, Frank Galvin.

Imprint

1. Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, c1966.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Local subject

1. !Kung (African people) -- Dances.
2. Women's dances.

Added author

1. Marshall, John, 1932-
2. Carr, Carolyn.
3. Galvin, Frank.
4. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
5. Smithsonian Institution.
6. Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-7361