Hopi Indian Arts and Crafts – American Indian Film Gathering

Film Details

Title: Hopi Indian Arts and Crafts
Year: 1945
Duration: 0:9:46
Director: unknown
Writer: unknown
Producer: Coronet Productions
Narrator: There is a male narrator, unnamed
Sponsor: Coronet Instructional Films
Establishing Shot: Film opens with a Hopi man sitting in front of his home. A large loom can be seen behind the man, who turns and begins weaving at the loom.
Major Themes: Hopi arts and crafts, including weaving, silversmithing, basket weaving, and pottery.
Native Languages Spoken: Hopi is sung throughout the film.
Noteworthy Elements: Good images of weaving at the loom, silversmithing, basket making, and making pottery.
Other: This picture was made through the courtesy of United States Department of Interior Office of Indian Affairs, supervision by Alfred Whiting, Museum of Northern Arizona.

Peoples: Hopi

Tribes: Hopi

Languages: Hopi