| Sand Painting, Totem Poles, Pots | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 781 |
| Catalog #: | 433044 | |
| Clip Number: | 433044-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NA ROLL6 | |
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| Location: | USA | |
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| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | CULTURAL GROUPS/NATIVE AMERICANS: Traditional Arts | |
| Description: | MS women and children, men painting with sand on desert floor 01:52:59 CU lizard on rock 01:53:00 more good painting shots, men creating image on desert floor, perhaps religious 01:53:53 good CU hands pouring sand into lines on painting 01:54:06 LS men with movie camera and tripod on rock, looking down (cutaway of documentary filmmakers) 01:22:25 MS older man gives little girl something to drink in clay vessel 01:58:01 LS circle of men, one shaking some kind of musical instrument, like a rattle; more coverage of sand painting 01:58:30 LS little girl is led by mother to sit within the sand painting, appearing to be a ritual of some sort; more angles on painting and giving the little girl a drink from a clay cup NOTE: PREVIEW TAPE CHANGES TO PART TWO HERE 02:04:44 MS from above: one man comes into scene with a large blanket or cloth, scoops up the sand from the painting onto it. More shots of little girl standing in the middle of the sand painting as before 02:05:42 LS Indian man walking through landscape; dumps sand from painting onto ground 02:05:50 LS man smoothing out sand where previously the painting was made 02:06:17 extensive footage covering totem poles 02:06:44 MS little Native American girls pointing at totem pole, which points back. Tourist family walk into large opening in wooden totem. Lots more closeups of the amazing faces and carving work of these poles 02:07:49 return to the sand painting site, good CUs of woman's hand with turquoise bracelet painting with sand; camera and filmmakers on rock (reverse shot for painting scenes) 02:09:15 CU var Kachina dolls (totem/idols/deity figures, traditional to Hopi nation) -- small dolls made of wood and elaborately painted 02:10:10 CU face of totem pole beside road; 1957 Chevrolet passes by, tilt up. Tourists looking at carvings on pole 02:11:20 CU hands of artisan painting small wooden doll/deity figures as shown agove. Pan across line of dolls for sale; woman tourist is looking over what the carver is selling 02:12:08 CU pots of paint on desert ground; artisan cutting wood for dolls 02:12:41 LS sand painters at work 02:13:55 MS woman making shallow bowl from clay, shows it to camera; makes pot using coil method, good CUs of hands forming sides of another pot 02:15:05 woman glazes pot 02:15:34 LS woman laying out compelted pottery to dry, makes kiln to bake pots 02:16:19 MS woman working on large pot 02:17:04 MS artisan painting inside of pot with elaborate symbolic design | |
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