Robert Maher films of the Philippines
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1988.20.1
name: label: Creator
content: Maher, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1922-1987
place: label: Place
content: Southeast Asia
label: Place
content: Philippines
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from the National Anthropological Archives in 1988.
creator: label: Creator
content: Maher, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1922-1987
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (72 minutes, color silent; 2000 feet, 8mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1973
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Robert Maher's Footage of the Philippines ca. 1973."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1988.20
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Full film record shot among the Ifugao, northern Luzon, while Maher was a research associate at the Philippine National Museum. Footage was produced in the course of a project which combined archeology and ethnology to reconstruct the evolution of Ifugao culture. Documentation of Ifugao agricultural and ceremonial activities includes: the rice terraces of Banaue, spading and planting of rice fields, transplanting and pounding rice, Banaue market, Himong (Ifugao ceremony) including a feast and burial, a wedding dance, and preparations for Bonc (Ifuago ritual) near Banaue. Also included is miscellaneous footage of dancers and canoes shot in and around Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The National Anthropoligcal Archives holds the Robert Francis Maher papers.