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| Film Id: | F16-0178 |
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| Film Description: | Reel 29 of 31 Unedited travelogue Kano Katsina ShotlistCat. Reel 178 1959: 29: Nigeria. Kano. Katsina.Crowds going to mosque. People standing in rows at mosque. Camels at fuel plantation. Turban and veiled tribesman with sword (mws). Sheik. Honey hive in tree. Tribesmen. Weaving. Girl: note hairdo (cu). Threshing. A head-man on horseback. Threshing. Square mud house Removing object from cylinder by hand. Camels being unloaded (mws, cv). Hut: note construction. Dyeing pits: indigo dye. Cleaning skins Well. Wattle and daub construction method. Boys with reed-rope. Cattle. Barbering: sharpening razor on arm (some overexposed). Market: Pottery jars. Men. Sawing chunks of salt. Making rope: note use of toes and feet. Market. Packing pottery. Horse saddle (cu). Locally made "Violin". Market scenes. |
| Video Category: | Travelogue |
| Film Creator: | Watson Kintner |
| Topics: | Kano, Katsina, Wattle and daub, Mosques, Weaving, Threshing, Hausa people |
| Tags: | Hausa people | Kano | Katsina | Mosques | Threshing | Wattle and daub | Weaving |
| 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. |
