Baruya Muka Archival
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1993.23.1
name: label: Creator
content: Dunlop, Ian, 1927-
place: label: Place
content: Oceania
label: Place
content: Papua New Guinea
topic: label: Topic
content: Baruya (Papua New Guinean people)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Purchased in 1993.
creator: label: Creator
content: Dunlop, Ian, 1927-
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Videocassettes (13 hours 24 minutes, color sound)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1991
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1993.23
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Videocassettes
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Film document shot in 1979 is a detailed record of Muka, the first stage male initiation ceremony, of the Baruya of eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea. The footage follows a group of nine to twelve year old boys for four weeks ending with the final possum feast. This film record is a follow-up to TOWARDS BARUYA MANHOOD (c. 1974) which documents the second, third, and fourth stages of initiation.

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