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Inagina, the last house of iron

Eric Huysecom and Bernard Agustoni work with 13 Dogon master smelters to recreate the building of a traditional iron smelting furnace in Mali. The film describes in detail every aspect of the event, from the selection of the site of the reconstruction which is the oldest remaining furnace site in th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Agustoni, Bernard
Corporate Authors: Documentary Educational Resources (Firm), PAVE (Organization)
Other Authors: Fowley, Douglas, Gerritsen, Vivienne Baillie, Godel, Armen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Watertown, MA Documentary Educational Resources 1997, c1997
Series:Ethnographic video online, volume 1
Subjects:
Dogon (african People) / Industries
Dogon (african People) / Rites And Ceremonies
Dogon (african People) / Social Life And Customs
Iron Industry And Trade / Mali
Iron-works / Mali
Metallurgy / Mali / History
Smelting Furnaces / Mali
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Collection: Ethnographic Video Online Vol. 1 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Eric Huysecom and Bernard Agustoni work with 13 Dogon master smelters to recreate the building of a traditional iron smelting furnace in Mali. The film describes in detail every aspect of the event, from the selection of the site of the reconstruction which is the oldest remaining furnace site in the region, last active in 1961, to the final result
Physical Description:1 streaming video (52 min.)

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