The Asmat of New Guinea: A Case Study in Religion and Magic (Faces of Culture parts 21 and 22) (1983)
Title
The Asmat of New Guinea: A Case Study in Religion and Magic (Faces of Culture parts 21 and 22) (1983)
Subject
Asmat (Indonesian people)--Religion
Magic--Social aspects
Cannibalism
Ethnology
Culture
URL
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Description
Content description from WorldCat (https://www.worldcat.org/title/asmat-of-new-guinea-a-case-study-of-religion-and-magic-the-arts-parts-21-22/oclc/32609368 :
Part 21: Studies the Asmat, a cannibalistic society of western New Guinea, and their use of religion and magic as tools of survival in a world they perceive as hostile and threatening.
Part 22: Presents the many kinds of art and the variety of functions it serves.
Ephemera: Available through the CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. Note on Beta tape label: 7 1/2 minute sego technology. This is excellent! Following above sego flour used in initiation rites
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Part 21: Studies the Asmat, a cannibalistic society of western New Guinea, and their use of religion and magic as tools of survival in a world they perceive as hostile and threatening.
Part 22: Presents the many kinds of art and the variety of functions it serves.
Ephemera: Available through the CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. Note on Beta tape label: 7 1/2 minute sego technology. This is excellent! Following above sego flour used in initiation rites
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
David Carradine (narrator)
Ira R. Abrams (producer);
William H. Jordan (writer)
Sandee Harden (executive producer)
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Date
1983
Citation
“The Asmat of New Guinea: A Case Study in Religion and Magic (Faces of Culture parts 21 and 22) (1983),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 19, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/649.