In Search of the Primitive
Object Details
- Local Number
- HSFA 1985.11.8
- Collection Creator
- Cotlow, Lewis, 1898-1987
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- Lewis Cotlow films
- Sponsor
- Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
- Extent
- Film reels (50 minutes, color sound; 1800 feet)
- Date
- circa 1966
- Archival Repository
- Human Studies Film Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Film reels
- Collection Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Scope and Contents
- Edited film used by explorer Lewis Cotlow on lecture tours throughout the United States. A compilation of footage from JUNGLE HEADHUNTERS, the film shows travel through regions of the Amazon by riverboat, motorized dugout canoe, mule, and foot. Ethnic groups depicted in the film include the Cuna, Bororo, Yagua, Colorado, and Jivaro.
- Collection Restrictions
- The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
- Record ID
- ebl-1633111215902-1633111215920-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0