"What in the World?" #3 (1952 circa)
Category: Produced Film
Length: 28:55
| Film ID | F16-4002 |
| Film Description | Film Print of CBS-broadcasted television program, filmed at WCAU TV Studios. "What in the World was the Museum's popular weekly half-hour television program which was first seen in 1951 and which ran for 14 years." Froelich Rainey, moderator; Carleton Coon, Ralph Linton, and Alfred Kidder II, panelists. Item #1 Iron bird (black feathered diver); represent deities; made in Siberia; hung on shaman (priest) robes; dates to the last cent (19th).;Tungus people of Siberia Item#2 Bering Sea off St. Lawrence Island (Punuk Island); ivory carving of two (2) winged figures; beginning of Christian Era 100 AD; Ofik(?) culture Item#3 Columbia (near the Magdalena River on the coast); lid of a pottery jar; found in a tomb; 12th-15th centuries; eyes suggests Americas; Item#4 Arm band made of shell; Indonesia; late 19th or early 20th cent.;clam shell; Island of Nias occupied by pagan people famous for their sculptures and metal work Item#5 Woman clay figurine; Brazil; Amazonian; Shindu River made about ten years ago-1940s; Item#6 Ancient times; Palestine; Byzantine Era; 4th-6th cent AD; used as on a doorknob; found in Baysan, Palestine; famous for Egyptian deposit; Post-Roman |
| Video Category | Produced Film |
| Topics | Game shows, Archaeology, Artifacts, Artifact identification, Rainey, Froelich, Kidder. Alfred, Linton, Ralph, Penn Museum, University Museum |
| Rights | All rights are reserved by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting the Penn Museum Archives at 215-898-8304, or email photos@pennmuseum.org. |