New Guinea, Middle Sepik (Aibom) -- Burning Lime and Chewing Betel
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.810; E01379
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (14 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1966
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film: mussel shells are dried in the sun, tied into palm leaf packets, and burned. The shells are reduced to lime which is crushed, moistened, and placed in a bamboo container. The lime is chewed together with areka nuts and betel pepper.
Legacy Keywords: Papua New Guinea ; New Guinea, Middle Sepik ; Oceania; Aibom