"What In The World" 5 (ca. 1952)
Category: Educational
Length: 18:32
| Film Description | All rights are reserved by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting the Penn Museum Archives at (215) 898-8304, or email photos@pennmuseum.org. This film and all of the films in the Penn Museum collection are copyrighted by the Penn Museum, and are not in the public domain. PRODUCER: WCAU TV (CBS, Philadelphia) HOST: Dr. Froelich Rainey PANELISTS: -Dr. Carleton Coon - expert on the Middle East; anthropologist; winner of Viking Medal for psychical anthropology -Dr. Schuyler Cammann - expert on the far East; author -Jacques Lipschitz - sculptor SHOTLIST: Item#1 Wooden half man mask;(lower Yukon Valley) Alaska; used at ceremonial dances; collected in 1935 and said not to be much older than that; painted white with blue around the eyes (represent ghost) Item#2 Marble sculpture; found in Northern Palestine; Hellenistic Period; Item#3 Head piece made of reindeer antler and ivory of a mammoth; Siberia; mid 19th Century Item#4 Wooden object; taboo sign; New Caledonia (island of Australia); late 19th century Item#5 Goddess head; southern Iraq; 6th cent. BC; Neo-Babylonian Period Item#6 Representations of a head (Aztec god) made of volcanic rock; Mexico, 15th century AD; |
| Video Category | Educational |