"What in the World?" #3 (1952 circa)
Category: Produced Film
Length: 28:55
| Film ID | F16-4002 |
| Film Description | Film Print of CBS-broadcasted television program, filmed at WCAU TV Studios. "What in the World was the Museum's popular weekly half-hour television program which was first seen in 1951 and which ran for 14 years." Froelich Rainey, moderator; Carleton Coon, Ralph Linton, and Alfred Kidder II, panelists. Item #1 Iron bird (black feathered diver); represent deities; made in Siberia; hung on shaman (priest) robes; dates to the last cent (19th).;Tungus people of Siberia Item#2 Bering Sea off St. Lawrence Island (Punuk Island); ivory carving of two (2) winged figures; beginning of Christian Era 100 AD; Ofik(?) culture Item#3 Columbia (near the Magdalena River on the coast); lid of a pottery jar; found in a tomb; 12th-15th centuries; eyes suggests Americas; Item#4 Arm band made of shell; Indonesia; late 19th or early 20th cent.;clam shell; Island of Nias occupied by pagan people famous for their sculptures and metal work Item#5 Woman clay figurine; Brazil; Amazonian; Shindu River made about ten years ago-1940s; Item#6 Ancient times; Palestine; Byzantine Era; 4th-6th cent AD; used as on a doorknob; found in Baysan, Palestine; famous for Egyptian deposit; Post-Roman |
| Video Category | Produced Film |
| Topics | Game shows, Archaeology, Artifacts, Artifact identification, Rainey, Froelich, Kidder. Alfred, Linton, Ralph, Penn Museum, University Museum |