Huichol Film Project 1975
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Object Details
- Creator
- Muller, Kalman Photographer and filmmaker (1939- )
- Summary
- Full film record of the Huichol of San Andres Coamiata, Jalisco, Mexico. Featured are scenes of religious rituals,
preparing to gather peyote, Huichol costumes, making of yarn drawings, musical instruments, sacrifice of animals, and manufacture and use of yellow face paint. Footage was shot in association with the [Huichol Film Project, Summer 1974]. - Repository Loc.
- Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD
- Culture
- Huichol Indians
- 1975
- Local number
- HSFA 1989.3.2
- Type
- Motion pictures (visual works)
- Collection descriptions
- Yarn drawings
- Physical description
- archival original 7 film reels (6,962 feet) silent color 16mm
- Place
- Mexico
- Coamiata
- San Andres
- Central America
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- Huichol Film Project 1975 [Muller, Kalman Photographer and filmmaker (1939- )]
- Human Studies Film Archives
- Topic
- Musical instruments--violin--horn--guitar
- Costume--Huichol--mestizo
- Peyote--blooms
- Animals--horses--mules--sheep
- Makeup--yellow face paint
- Art
- Jalisco
- Record ID
- siris_arc_218783
- Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
- CC0
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