- Description
- 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (21 min.) : sd., col.
- Summary
- Filmed in the village of Asouakro. The "gbagba," an entertainment dance named after a bird, includes mask dances parodying animals and well-known figures. This film depicts dances by a Diula woman (red mask), accompanied by a child servant; a Baule woman (black mask); a Frenchwoman (white mask) with a child servant; an ant (blue mask), accompanied by men carrying green branches; and two "children" dressed in green palm leaves. For other "gbagba" dances, see: *MGZHB 2-541 Baule, Westafrika, Elfenbeinküste; gbagba-Maskentanz.
- Series Statement
- Encyclopaedia cinematographica ; E 1585
- Subjects
- Note
- Filmed in 1968. Produced and distributed by the Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film, Göttingen, Germany.
- English title: Baule (West Africa, Ivory Coast); "Gbagba" mask dance at Asouakro; [II. Red, black and white masks, ant mask, child masks]. For a descriptive pamphlet in German, with English summary, see: *MGS (General) Encyclopaedia cinematographica.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 1621
- OCLC
- NYPY916004435-F
- Title
Baule (Westafrika, Elfenbeinküste) [electronic resource] : "gbagba"-Maskentanz in Asouakro. II. Rote, schwarze und weisse Maske, Ameisenmaske, Kindermasken.
- Imprint
1968.
- Series
Encyclopaedia cinematographica ; E 1585
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-2319
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Motion pictures. Baule, Westafrika, Elfenbeinküste.
- Local Subject
Mask dances.
Animal dances.
Baoulé (African people) -- Dances.
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1621