Asmat Films
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A collection of films about the Asmat produced by the L.D.Holmes Museum of Anthropology.
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Item Asmat Presentation - Lambda Alpha Symposium April 7, 2007(2009-04-30T17:29:30Z) Martin, JerryA presentation by the Director of the Lowell D. Holmes Museum of Anthropology, Jerry Martin, about the museum's field collecting trip to the Asmat region of New Guinea Island. Record at the Lambda Alpha Symposium - April 7, 2007.Item Lives of Our Ancestors - An Asmat Bis Ceremony (Speech Outtakes)(2009-04-17T17:39:33Z) Belford, Troy A.; Martin, JerryThis is an outtake from the Lives of Our Ancestors film. It is a much longer version of the speech given in that film and contains much ethnographic information about the preparations and process of a bisj ceremony.Item Tifa - An Asmat Drum(2009-04-16T17:29:35Z) Belford, Troy A.; Martin, JerryThis video presents the carving of an Asmat drum, called a tifa. It was filmed in the summer of 2007 by Troy Belford and Jerry Martin.Item Lives of Our Ancestors - An Asmat Bis Ceremony(2009-04-16T15:14:00Z) Belford, Troy A.; Martin, JerryThis video describes the preparations and performance of the climax of an Asmat Bis cermony as practiced by the people of Papua, Indonesia - the Western Side of New Guinea Island.