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Object Number
57-30-00/1.1.1
Display Title
Primitive People: Australian Aborigines, DVD
Descriptions
Object Description
Professional narrated film about the way of life of aborigines in Northern Australia. Footage follows one clan about their daily lives and ceremonies. Film in three parts, first part on daily life including building shelters, food gathering, different types of hunting, second part on hunting culture and kangaroo hunting, third part on funerary ritual and spiritual beliefs. 40 min. DVD, bw
Department
Photographic
Date
1931
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Australia
Materials
Film
Quantity
1
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