Jerry Leach Trobriand films
name: label: Creator
content: Leach, Jerry W. (Jerry Wayne)
place: label: Place
content: Oceania
label: Place
content: Papua New Guinea
topic: label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Sports
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Jerry Leach in 1988.
creator: label: Creator
content: Leach, Jerry W. (Jerry Wayne)
culture: label: Culture
content: Trobriand Islanders
setName: label: See more items in
content: Jerry Leach Trobriand films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (black-and-white color silent sound; 3208 feet, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: 12 Sound tape reels (5 inch)
label: Extent
content: Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1974
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1988.11
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
label: Type
content: Sound films
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection consists of TROBRIAND CRICKET, a film about the game of cricket as interpreted by the Trobriand Islanders, and associated footage and commentary.  Collection also includes transcripts, production papers, and reviews.

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