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''The Tribal Eye'' is a seven-part
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documentary series
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on the subject of
tribal art
Tribal art is the visual arts and material culture of indigenous peoples. Also known as non-Western art or ethnographic art, or, controversially, primitive art, Dutton, Denis, Tribal Art'. In Michael Kelly (editor), ''Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. ...
, written and presented by
David Attenborough. It was first transmitted in 1975.
Episodes
1. "Behind the Mask"
This episode centers on the life and customs of the
Dogon people in
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...
, concentrating primarily on their masks and mask rituals. After a brief introduction to the Dogon culture, the link between African and European art is elaborated upon, using works by
Picasso and
Braque as examples. Dogon blacksmiths are shown working on a sculpture and a monkey mask for an old woman's funeral; the funeral rites, which include masked performances and a staged mock battle, are shown in great detail.
2. "Crooked Beak of Heaven"
In "Crooked Beak of Heaven", Attenborough discusses the art and cultures of the
First Nations
First Nations or first peoples may refer to:
* Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area.
Indigenous groups
*First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including:
**First Natio ...
peoples of the
Pacific Northwest
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of
North America: The
Haida of present-day
British Columbia
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and
Alaska
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; the
Gitxsan
Gitxsan (also spelled Gitksan) are an Indigenous people in Canada whose home territory comprises most of the area known as the Skeena Country in English (: means "people of" and : means "the River of Mist"). Gitksan territory encompasses approxi ...
of
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See also
* Skeena Crossing
* Skeena Mountains
* Skeena River
* Ske ...
; and the
Kwakwaka'wakw ("
Kwakiutl") of present-day British Columbia,
Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
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, and
Oregon
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. Includes footage with celebrated first nation carver Bill Reid, as he discusses the meanings of stylized motifs. as well as footage from Edward Curtis' early films. Also describes and includes footage of potlatch feasts.
3. "The Sweat of the Sun"
On the ancient
Aztecs and
Incas
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.
4. "Kingdom of Bronze"
On the ancient African kingdom of
enin
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Color stabilization of malvidin 3-glucoside at a higher pH can be explained by self-aggregation of the fl ...
The bronze artifacts from the
Benin Kingdom in modern-day
Nigeria
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.
History:
Vice-consul Phillips of UK came to Benin in 1897 to punish the King of Benin for not holding his part of the deal in a trading agreement. But at the time a ritual ceremony was being held to renew the strength of the King, so no visitors were allowed. After several warnings from both the King's and the British messengers, vice-consul Phillips still decided to go on with his journey. The result was an ambush of one of the King's chiefs. As the news of the massacre in Benin reached England, a
punitive expedition
A punitive expedition is a military journey undertaken to punish a political entity or any group of people outside the borders of the punishing state or union. It is usually undertaken in response to perceived disobedient or morally wrong beh ...
was mounted. 1,500 marines marched onto Benin. After 4 days of sporadic fighting they took Benin City. Here they found the Bronze sculptures.
5. "Woven Gardens"
On the nomadic
Qashqai tribe of Iran. The tribal art of carpet-making in
Persia
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
and the distinctive patterns of the different clans and tribes.
6. "Man Blong Custom"
On tribal communities in
Melanesia
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The region includes the four independent countries of Fiji, Va ...
.
7. "Across the Frontiers"
This program revisits several of the locations of the previous programs to look more deeply at the relationships contemporary artists and collectors have with the art and artists of those societies, and how they may be compromising or enhancing the older traditions.
Notes
* From DVD
External links
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