N/um tchai :

Duration: 20

Year Published: 19--

Creator: the ceremonial dance of the !Kung bushmen a film from the bushman film studies of John Marshall.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Marshall, John, 1932-2005.; Galvin, Frank.; University of California (System). Extension Media Center.

Description: Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; Photography, John Marshall ; editing, Frank Galvin.; Narration, John Marshall.; Photographed on a 1957 expedition sponsored by the Peabody Museum of Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institution.; Documents a formalized Bushman curing ceremony in the Kalahari Desert area of South West Africa by showing an all-night n/um tchai (medicine dance) in which a number of men go into trance and exercise special curing powers. Divided into two parts: the first reviews and explains typical dance scenes; the second shows the ceremony without narration.; PFA 1608-01-12758. D0004; PFA 1608-01-12764. D0004; PFA 1608-01-12758. COPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (20 min.) (705 ft.) : opt sd., b&w ; 16 mm. print. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2006/05/16 A few scratches. Good condition. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/01/09 poor contrast.; PFA 1608-01-12764. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2006/05 /17 Very mild scratches with occasional moderate scratches. Deeper scratches last 40 ft. Overall very good condition. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/01/09 same.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE