Janet Hoskins collection
name: label: Creator
content: Whitney, Laura Scheerer
label: Creator
content: Hoskins, Janet
place: label: Place
content: Asia
label: Place
content: Sumba Island (Indonesia)
topic: label: Topic
content: Sumbanese (Indonesian people)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Janet Hoskins and Laura Scheerer in two accesions in 1988.
creator: label: Creator
content: Whitney, Laura Scheerer
label: Creator
content: Hoskins, Janet
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (color sound, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: Video recordings
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1985-1991
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1988.02
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Video recordings
label: Type
content: Sound films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: OBLIGATIONS TO THE ANCESTORS  1/2" VHS video; SETTING UP THE GONGSTAND RITUAL; MISCELLANEOUS KODI; PREPARATIONS FOR THE FEAST IN MANGGANIPI; FEAST IN DREAM VILLAGE; Materials shot on the Island of Sumba in Indonesia.

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