Fred H. Werner films of South Asia and Oceania
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1993.4.1
name: label: Creator
content: Werner, Fred Henry, 1936-
place: label: Place
content: South Asia
label: Place
content: Oceania
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Fred H. Werner in 1993.
creator: label: Creator
content: Werner, Fred Henry, 1936-
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (2 hours 26 minutes, color silent; 3900 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970-1972
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Fred H. Werner Travel Footage of South Asia and Oceania 1970-1972."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1993.04
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage shot of the island of Sava'ii, Western Samoa; Papua New Guinea (east Sepik, Mount Hagen, and Port Moresby areas); Bali; India; Jammu and Kashmir (northern India); Nepal (Kathmandu Valley); Sri Lanka; and Philippines (northern Luzon). Features of ethnographic interest include: Samoan women displaying mats used in marriage rites; a sing-sing (probably Minj) in the Mount Hagen area; scenes in Port Moresby; Abelam art in Apangai on the east Sepik; a Ramayana performance, cockfight, festival, and cremation (near Ubud) on Bali; various temples in India; nomadic Kugar people of Jammu and Kashmir; scenes in Srinagar; scenes in Kandy (Sri Lanka); the carved standing Buddha at Aukana; and Kalinga women dancing near Baguio, northern Luzon.  Collection also includes annotations (recorded narratives).

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