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Obsidian point making Tolowa Indians

Title
Obsidian point making [videorecording] : Tolowa Indians / National Science Foundation.
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Extension Media Center, [1993?], c1964.

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Additional Authors
  • National Science Foundation (U.S.)
  • University of California (System). Extension Media Center.
Description
1 videocassette (13 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
A Tolowa Indian of northern California demonstrates pressure flaking as a method of making obsidian arrow points. Considers other types of projectile points and discusses the uses and significance of many obsidian artifacts in aboriginal cultures.
Series Statement
American Indian films series in ethnology
Subjects
Credits (note)
  • Project director, S.A. Barrett, C.B. Smith ; photography, J. Brogden, W.R. Heich ; writing, W.R. Heich ; project assistant, D.W. Peri.
Event (note)
  • Filmed at SMith River and Glass Mountain, California in 1961.
System Details (note)
  • VHS.
Call Number
*UGS-70
OCLC
9912328
Title
Obsidian point making [videorecording] : Tolowa Indians / National Science Foundation.
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Extension Media Center, [1993?], c1964.
Series
American Indian films series in ethnology
Credits
Project director, S.A. Barrett, C.B. Smith ; photography, J. Brogden, W.R. Heich ; writing, W.R. Heich ; project assistant, D.W. Peri.
Event
Filmed at SMith River and Glass Mountain, California in 1961.
System Details
VHS.
Added Author
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
University of California (System). Extension Media Center.
Research Call Number
*UGS-70 [Video]
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