Richard Archbold films of expedition to Papua New Guinea
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1993.27.1
name: label: Creator
content: Archbold, Richard
place: label: Place
content: Oceania
label: Place
content: Papua New Guinea
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from the Archbold Biological Station in 1993.
creator: label: Creator
content: Archbold, Richard
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (55 minutes, color silent; 1526 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938-1939
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Richard Archbold Expedition to Papua New Guinea 1938-1939."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1993.27
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage documenting the third Archbold expedition which was a joint effort of the American Museum of Natural History and the government of the Netherlands Indies. Dyaks recruited in Borneo provided porterage and basic transport was by a PBY-2 (Catalina) flying-boat named "Guba" which was flown by Archbold. Areas visited included: northern slopes of Snow Mountains from the Baliem River to Lake Habbema, Mt. Wilhelmina, lowlands and mountains of the middle Idenburg River region, and the high valley of the Baliem.

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