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Lives of Our Ancestors - An Asmat Bis Ceremony

Belford, Troy A.
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Martin, Jerry
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Lives of Our Ancestors
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Lives of Our Ancestors - An Asmat Bis Ceremony (Quicktime)
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Belford, Troy A.
Martin, Jerry
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2007
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Asmat bisj bis ritual carving,Ethnographic documentary film,New Guinea (Indonesia),Ritual carving,Bisj bis,Bisj poles,New Guinea Irian Jaya Indonesia Papua ritual
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This 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.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10057/1986
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Copyright 2007, The L.D. Museum of Anthropology. All rights reserved.
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