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Object Number
2005.18
Display Title
Sound recordings
Descriptions
Object Description
Sound recordings, 4 reels, each 900 feet, type 961, Dani, Netherlands New Guinea (Irian Jaya): 1. women and children in common cook house; 2. Wen Hunikhe; large garden work party digs mud, sings, mimics battle; first cuts: morning activity in the coolehouse; pigs; 3. Digging mud in gardens; breaking sod in gardens; 4. Driving poles into ground; men and women filling steam pits.
Classification
- Music
Department
Archival, Other
Date
1961
Artist
Karl G. Heider
(1961 - 11/28/05)
Culture
- Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Baliem Valley
Credit Line
Gift of Karl G. Heider
Provenance
Donor
Karl G. Heider
(1961 - 11/28/05)
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