Adelaide De Menil and Edmund Snow Carpenter collection
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 2004.4.1
name: label: Creator
content: De Menil, Adelaide
label: Creator
content: Carpenter, Edmund, 1922-2011
place: label: Place
content: Oceania
label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Papua New Guinea
label: Place
content: Alaska
topic: label: Topic
content: Rites and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: Art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received in multiple accessions from Adelaide De Menil and Edmund Carpenter in 2004 and 2018.
creator: label: Creator
content: De Menil, Adelaide
label: Creator
content: Carpenter, Edmund, 1922-2011
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo/Inuit
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (color silent, 8mm, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: Sound recordings
label: Extent
content: Video recordings
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969-1970
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The materials were initially part of the donation of the Edmund Carpenter papers to the National Anthropological Archives.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.2004.04
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Video recordings
label: Type
content: Silent films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Full film record shot in 1969-70 in Papua New Guinea Highlands and Sepik area for a project on the impact of media on traditional cultures. Footage includes a male initiation rite including incising the skin and rubbing dirt for scarification. 

Supplementary materials include audio tapes of wild sound shot at the time of filming. 

The collection also includes film and associated sound recordings for a film by Edmund Carpenter on Eskimo art, received in accessions 2018.07 and 2018.08.

Legacy Keywords: Initiation rituals ; Body decoration, adornment and mutilations ; Scarification (Body marking)

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Edmund Snow Carpenter papers are held by the National Anthropological Archives.