Petrus Buleni Fau photographs of Nias funeral
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 88-31
label: Reproduction Note
content: Copy slides made by Smithsonian Institution, 1988.
name: label: Creator
content: Fau, Petrus Buleni
place: label: Place
content: Nias Island (Indonesia)
topic: label: Topic
content: Funeral rites and ceremonies
creator: label: Creator
content: Fau, Petrus Buleni
culture: label: Culture
content: Niasese (Indonesian people)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Jerome Feldman, who collected the photographs, is a professor of art history at Hawaii Pacific University, Hawaii Loa campus. He specializes in tribal Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands and conducted field studies in remote islands of Indonesia and Polynesia. He also helped design several exhibitions about the area including the Volkenkundig Museum Nusantara's "Nias Tribal Treasures" and the Smithsonian-sponsored "Beyond the Java Sea."
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 19 Color copy slides
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1985
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Loaned by Jerome A. Feldman through Paul Taylor for copying, 1988.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.88-31
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Color copy slides
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals note
content: Originals retained by Hyasinta Fau, daughter of the deceased.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs made by Petrus Buleni Fau documenting the funeral ceremony for Samogo Fau, a noble elder of Bawomataluo village in South Nias. They include images of processionals, spectators, and Fau's grave.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs of Nias people donated by Jerome Feldman can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 90-28.