Forge film 01 - Haus tambaran: painting and construction of facade

• Restricted View

00:03 -- Long yam display in front of haus tambaran (men's cult spirit house). 00:30 -- Closeup of haus tambaran facade paintings and other details. 01:19 -- More long yam display, man orating in front of displayed yams, carrying spears. More men enter running, carrying spears. 03:00 -- Distant view of haus tambaran, followed by closeup views of facade. Peak of haus tambaran. Closeup of carved figures on facade. 05:12 -- spider. calendar page with bible verse. 05:47 -- Groups of men paint designs for haus tambaran facade. 14:55 -- Scaffolding in place for facade of haus tambaran. Men hoist painted facade panel into place. 17:35 -- lower portion of haus tambaran facade is constructed. Men arrange shell rings for facade. 19:45 -- Groups of men carrying spears, run counterclockwise in clearing in front of haus tambaran.

• September 1962

• Forge, Anthony

Located in Series 10) Audiovisual Materials, subseries B) Films.

This digital sound file was recorded from original audiotape in the Anthony Forge Papers (Box 44).

Color film,16 mm, silent

Film 7 includes some of the same content.

• East Sepik Province (Papua New Guinea)
• Melanesia
• Oceania
• Pacific Islands

• Abelam (Papua New Guinean people)
• Building
• Ceremonial exchange
• Dance
• Haus tambaran
• Painting
• Sculpture
• Shell money
• Wood-carving
• Yams

• video

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• Anthony Forge Papers

• UC Regents

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2021-11-16