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Image Not Available for So they did eat (film), DVD
So they did eat (film), DVD
Image Not Available for So they did eat (film), DVD
Object Number 57-25-00/1.1.1
Display Title So they did eat (film), DVD
Descriptions
Object Description Narrated 16 mm film about CP Mountford's (photographer and producer) journey with Aboriginals through the dessert in Western Australia. Film takes the tone of a personal narrative of Mountford's experience traveling, the sites (such as Ayers Rock) and covers some Aboriginal culture and way of life from an anthropological perspective (foodways, hunting, ceremonies). Color with sound. 25 min.
Department Photographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia
Materials Digital
Quantity 1

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