New Guinea, Southwest Coast (Asmat) -- Making an Hourglass-Shaped Drum
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.731; E00645
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 (15 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1961
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: a woodcarver creates a wooden drum by using a digging stick, an axe, and a planing iron as tools. The drum handle is carved with a small chisel and knife to represent a praying mantis, which is a sacred insect in Asmat iconography.
Legacy Keywords: Indonesia ; New Guinea, Southwest Coast ; Oceania; Asmat