Herero of Ngamiland 1953

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Herero of Ngamiland 1953

Gibson, Gordon D. (Gordon Davis), 1915-2007

Herero of Ngamiland 1953

Phy. Description:

1 DVD (43 minutes) sound color DVD reference

1 video cassette (43 minutes) sound color Digibeta master

1 video cassette (43 minutes) sound color 3/4" master

2 film reels (1,565 feet) sound color 16mm preservation

2 film reels (1,565 feet) sound color 16mm archival original

Edited and narrated film by Gordon D. Gibson about the Herero, a pastoral Bantu people in Bechwanaland, southwestern Africa. Scenes represent the divison of labor between men and women as it relates to house construction, the care of cattle (herding, watering, milking), making butter and buttermilk, wood carving, and the preparation and consumption of food (butchering, stamping cornmeal); the role of clan priests in daily and ceremonial life including the daily ritual of milk tasting, propitiation of the ancestors, funerals, mourning, and inheritance; and the activities of children, the nature of traditional adornment, and song and dance.

title from credits (published work) -- archival collection

Gordon Gibson papers are held in the National Anthropological Archives

The National Film Preservation Foundation supported preservation of this film.

Information on reproduction and fees available from Human Studies Film Archives

Herero (African people)

Khosian -- Damara

Subject-Topical:

Cattle -- domestication

Funeral rites and ceremonies

Body alterations

Language and culture

Subject - Geographical:

Ngamiland (Botswana)

Bechuanaland Protectorate

Repository Loc:

Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD

Smithsonian Institution

National Anthropological Film Center

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