New Guinea, Middle Sepik (Kwaiwut) -- Making and Decorating a Sago Dish
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.818; E01371
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 (31 minutes, black-and-white 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: a woman prepares a clay mixture and creates a shell using a spiral technique. Two days later her husband polishes the container's surface and scratches a pattern into it. After the piece is fired, it is painted with red, yellow, and white dyes.
Legacy Keywords: Papua New Guinea ; New Guinea, Middle Sepik ; Oceania; Kwaiwut