Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies films
name: label: Former owner
content: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
place: label: Place
content: Australia
label: Place
content: Australasia
topic: label: Topic
content: Rites and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: Rituals
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in 1984.
culture: label: Culture
content: Aboriginal Australians
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (color sound negative; approximately 9,500 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1984.06
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Sound films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Internegatives and optical sound negatives of the following edited films of Aboriginal ritual: Camels and the Ptjantjara; Emu Ritual at Ruguri; Gunabibi- An Aboriginal Fertility Cult; Larwari and Walkara; Mulga Seed Ceremony; Pintubi Revisit Yaru Yaru; Pintubi Revisit Yumari; Walbiri Ritual at Gunadjari; Walbiri Ritual at Ngama.

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