African carving : 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.

Format Video (Streaming)
Publication InfoWatertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, ©2008.
Description1 streaming video (19 min.)
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Other author/creatorBlakely, Thomas D. (Thomas Dustin), 1945-
Other author/creatorElisofon, Eliot.
Other author/creatorGardner, Robert, 1925-2014.
Other author/creatorDocumentary Educational Resources (Firm)
Other author/creatorHarvard University. Film Study Center.
Abstract 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.
Date/time/place of a event noteOriginally produced as a motion picture in 1974.

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