John Steelquist film of the Tarahumara
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- HSFA 1998.4.1
- Creator
- Steelquist, John
- Place
- North America
- Mexico
- Tarahumara Mountains (Mexico)
- Provenance
- Received from Eric Hostetter in 1998.
- Creator
- Steelquist, John
- Culture
- Rarámuri (Tarahumara)
- Sponsor
- Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
- Extent
- Film reels (2 hours 30 minutes, black-and-white silent; 4,000 feet, 16mm)
- Date
- circa 1960
- Archival Repository
- Human Studies Film Archives
- Identifier
- HSFA.1998.04
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Film reels
- Silent films
- Citation
- John Steelquist film of the Tarahumara, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Genre/Form
- silent films
- Scope and Contents
- Footage documents travel in Sierra Madre Mountains in northern Mexico and shows daily activities of the Tarahumara Indians and a Jesuit mission in the Tarahumara village of Sisoguichi. Footage also features head of Jesuit mission Padre Luis G. Verplancken, S.J. The edited television program "Pillars of the World" was constructed from this footage and contemporary footage shot in the same area. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
- 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-1633053707665-1633053707666-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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John Steelquist's Footage of the Tarahumara, circa 1960, 1998.04.001, clip 1
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John Steelquist's Footage of the Tarahumara, circa 1960, 1998.04.001, clip 2
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