Emilienne Ireland photographs and audio recording of Waura dance preparation
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 89-37, USNM ACC 361012
name: label: Creator
content: Ireland, Emilienne
place: label: Place
content: Parque Nacional do Xingu (Brazil)
topic: label: Topic
content: Rites and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: dance costume
creator: label: Creator
content: Ireland, Emilienne
culture: label: Culture
content: Wauja (Waurá)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Emilienne Ireland resided in a Waura village for 18 months (1982-1983) as part of her doctoral studies in Social Anthropology at Yale University.  She commissioned the making of dance costumes depicted in this collection.  The garments were used in a curing ceremony after she became ill while in the village.  Ireland continues to work with the Waura as a project leader for the Return of the Captured Spirits project and in collaboration with documentary filmmakers.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound cassettes
label: Extent
content: 57 Color slides
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1982-1983
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Emilienne Ireland in 1983 (accession 361012).
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.89-37
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Color slides
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Audiocassettes
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Audiocassettes
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Images of Waura Indians making dance costumes from buriti palm fiber and food for a curing ceremony.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Ireland's manuscript describing "Kwahahalu and Sapukuyawa Ceremonial Masks," which was donated at the same time as this collection, can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 2000-41.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Dance costumes and a scarifier donated by Ireland can be found in the Department of Anthropology in accession 361012.