Desert People
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1984.19.2/1991.8.6
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content: Penn State educational films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (black-and-white sound; 1,860 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1966
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
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content: Edited film produced by the Australian Commonwealth Film Unit and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies depicting life among two Aborigine families of Australia's western desert. Shown are subsistence activities including hunting of lizards and marsupials and gathering of root and insects. Explored is the adaptation of Aborigines to their environment through simple technology and social organization.

Legacy Keywords: Food quest aborigines Australia ; Hunting aborigines Australia ; Food preparation mortars aborigines Australia ; Polygyny aborigines Australia

Credits: Martin-Jones, John