8 x 10" Negative. Belgian Congo. Image depicts two pygmies with their bows. Hoefler's original description: "Typical Ifi pygmies. Belgian Congo. Fully equipped for war or for the hunt. These brave and cunning dwarfs will stalk to within a few feet of an elephant and with their short knifes will hamstring the huge animal and then while it is helpless, one stands guard while others run to the nearest villages and by means of the drums call the clans together. Meeting at the hapless elephant they spear him to death, then amid high carnival they feast and dance day and night until the entire carcass has been devoured. Two pygmy men of the Ituri forest. They are fully equipped for the hunt. These brave dwarfs will stalk to within a few feet of an elephant and by means of a short knife will hamstring the huge animal, then while it is helpless, they spear it to death. After the kill the drums sound the call through the dark forest places and the clan collects from far and near to feast until all the flesh has been devoured."
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Belgian Congo
Maker or artist:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collector:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collection date:
1928-1929
Materials:
Cellulose nitrate film
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives and Drums (membranophones)