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Dogon (Westsudan, Mittlerer Niger) - Herstellen eines Seiles   [Original Title]

Dogon (West Sudan, Middle Niger) - Making a Rope   [Title Translation]
Country of Origin: Germany
Year of origin: 1966
Genre: Documentary Film
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Credits
Production company: D. Luz (Tübingen)
  Hermann Schlenker (Schwenningen)
First released by: IWF (Göttingen)
Distributor: IWF (Göttingen)
Author: D. Luz
  Hermann Schlenker


Keywords: Dogon, Baobab, Bast, Faseraufbereitung, Fasergewinnung, Seil, Seilerei, baobab, bast, fiber extraction, fiber preparation, rope, ropery
Strips fo bast are taken from a baobab tree, tied up, and unravelled into fine strips at the farm. They are then dampened, and twisted together into a thin, two-strand-rope. A thicker rope is then twisted, the rope-maker's foot serving as a tool.

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