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Indian dances

Title
Indian dances [motion picture] / American Museum of Natural History.
Publication
New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History, c1951.

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Additional Authors
  • Two Arrows, Tom
  • Queeny, Edgar M. (Edgar Monsanto), 1897-1968.
  • Rhodes, Willard, 1901-
  • American Museum of Natural History.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 film reel (10 min., 346 ft.) : sd., col.; 16 mm.
Summary
Educational program depicting how Native Americans found inspiration for their dances in nature. Images of birds and animals, photographed on location or in dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History, are interspersed with examples of Native American dances from different parts of the country. The courtship dance of the short-tailed grouse is compared to a courtship dance of the Plains Indians; the American eagle in flight to the Iroquois sacred feather dance; the deer of the southwest desert to a Pueblo deer dance celebrating a successful hunt; and buffalo to a Plains Indians buffalo hunting dance performed with mask, shield, and spear.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Educational/cultural films and programs.
  • Motion pictures.
Note
  • To be viewed on handviewer only.
Credits (note)
  • Bird photography, Edgar M. Queeny ; bird sounds, Ralph E. Piper ; Indian dances, Tom Two Arrows ; Indian music, Library of Congress Ethnic Folkways Records, Willard Rhodes.
Call Number
*MGZHB 4-2588
OCLC
NYPY97-F25
Title
Indian dances [motion picture] / American Museum of Natural History.
Imprint
New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History, c1951.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Credits
Bird photography, Edgar M. Queeny ; bird sounds, Ralph E. Piper ; Indian dances, Tom Two Arrows ; Indian music, Library of Congress Ethnic Folkways Records, Willard Rhodes.
Local Subject
Bird dances.
Courting dances.
Hunting dances.
Mask dances.
Added Author
Two Arrows, Tom, dancer.
Queeny, Edgar M. (Edgar Monsanto), 1897-1968. Photographer
Rhodes, Willard, 1901- Musician
American Museum of Natural History.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZHB 4-2588
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