Culture and Costumes: The Great Clothes Put On

Duration: 19

Year Published: 1974

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educ Corp

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Discusses the utilization of clothing by human beings for decoration, protection, identification, and function. Highlights episodes from clothing history and examines the sources of clothing materials, emphasizing the animal sources. Shows that man's clothing styles resemble the animals he has imitated by comparing tuxedos with penguins and skin diver's outfits with seals.

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