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The Ainu bear ceremony / Royal Anthropological Institute presents ; Nuffield Foundation ; Edinburgh Film Productions ; by Dr. N.G. Munro.
Penn Museum Library VHS DS832 .A36 1990z
Available
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ainu--Rites and ceremonies.
- Ainu.
- Ainu--Religion.
- Ainu--Social life and customs.
- Bears--Religious aspects.
- Bears.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (29 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- London : Royal Anthropological Institute, [1990?]
- System Details:
- VHS ; NTSC.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- NTSC
- Summary:
- Documents the most important ceremony of the Ainu people of northern Japan. Also shows aspects of Ainu daily life in the 1930s: houses, boats, ornate swords, religious artifacts, and the elaborately tattooed mouths of the older women. A rare anthropological record, with authentic music.
- Notes:
- Filmed by Neil Gordon Munro in 1931.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- OCLC:
- 63602653
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