Men's dances, with still photographs from the late 1800s, narrated by Essie Parrish; with titles, all four reels same. Four small reels spliced into one. Original (?) with sound track.
Donor:
American Indian Film Project and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
N. America:U.S.;CA
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1960-1965
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
16mm (photographic film size), Black-and-white films (visual works), Motion pictures (moving images), and Motion pictures (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies