New Guinea, Middle Sepik (Aibom) -- Producing and Dyeing Bark Fiber Strips
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.805; E01373
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (12 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1966
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film: bark from the Hibiscus tileaceus tree is soaked in water for several days. Once dried, the outer bark is easily removed from the strips. The resulting bark is cooked with leaves and thereby dyed red, or they are placed in mud and dyed black.
Legacy Keywords: Papua New Guinea ; New Guinea, Middle Sepik ; Oceania; Aibom