16mm workprint film. 1) Polishing with steel file of complex-shaped vessel. 2) Using pick in rough shaping of a small piece. 3) Donkey loaded with raw material as transported from the quarry near Naga Hammadi, and sequence of donkey and owner arriving at factory. 4) Untying of the packed raw materials at the factory. Film project totals 1300 feet of film across 22 rolls (26-721 to 26-742). Filmed by Thomas R. Hester and John A. Graham, UC Berkeley, January 1972.
Donor:
John A. Graham, Robert Fleming Heizer, and Thomas Roy Hester
Collection place:
Sheikh abd el Gurna, Thebes, Upper Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Alabaster workshop, Sheik ab el Gurna, Thebes
Maker or artist:
Thomas Roy Hester and John A. Graham
Collector:
John A. Graham and Thomas Roy Hester
Collection date:
January 20, 1972
Object class:
16mm (photographic film size), Motion pictures (moving images), and Motion pictures (visual works)