Arts and crafts of Mexico, part 2: Basketry, stone, wood, and metals / ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA

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Date
1961
Main contributors
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Museo Nacional de Artes e Industrias Populares, Mexico City; William F. Deneen
Summary
Views of modern-day Mexico that stretch back into antiquity. Pictures the intricate labor of basket and hammock weaving, the care employed by the wood carver and guitar maker, the silverwork of Taxco, the art of glassmaking, and the lacquerwork of the Mexican Indians.
Publishers
Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation; Lane Education Service District
Genres
Educational; Historical; Ethnographic
Subjects
Folk art; Social life and customs; Arts and Crafts; Decorative arts -- Mexico; Decorative arts; Mexico
Location
Mexico
Collection
Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation
Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
Rights Statement
No Copyright - United States
Physical Description
film reel (11 min.) 16 mm Guide Included
Notes

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Other Identifiers
Catalog Key: 10901708; Other: GR00410555; MDPI Barcode: 40000003236405

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