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African carving [videorecording] : a Dogon Kanaga mask / a film by Eliot Elisofon and Thomas Blakely ; with the collaboration of Robert Gardner ; produced by the Film Study Center, Harvard University

Published
Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, [date of publication not identified][2008]
Copyright Date
©2008
Physical Description
1 videodisc (17 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators
Elisofon, Eliot, Blakely, Thomas D. (Thomas Dustin), 1945-, Gardner, Robert, 1925-2014, Harvard University. Film Study Center, and Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)

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Summary
Examines the ceremonies and rituals surrounding the Kanaga mask. Shows the ritual of carving the mask and presents parts of the ceremony in which the mask is used to release the spirit of a dead man.
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Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974.
Creation/Production Credits Note
Photography, Eliot Elisofon ; editing, Thomas Blakely ; ethnographic consultant, Hans Guggenheim ; Dama dance material, the Wunderman Foundation.
Technical Details
DVD.
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