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Iatmul (Neuguinea, Mittlerer Sepik) - Übermodellieren und Bemalen eines Schädels

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Title
Iatmul (Neuguinea, Mittlerer Sepik) - Übermodellieren und Bemalen eines Schädels
Alternative Title
Iatmul (New Guinea, Middle Sepik) - Overmodelling and Painting a Skull
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License
No Open Access License:
German copyright law applies. This film may be used for your own use but it may not be distributed via the internet or passed on to external parties.
Identifiers
IWF SignatureE 2905
Publisher
Release Date1989
LanguageOriginal sound, no spoken text
Producer
Production Year1974

Technical Metadata

IWF Technical DataFilm, 16 mm, LT, 334 m ; F, 30 1/2 min

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Subject Area
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Abstract
German
German
Während einer Initiation trägt ein Mann aus Japanaut Modelliermasse auf einen Schädel auf. Von einem Baum im Wald holt er Baumsaft. Die Modelliermasse mischt er aus Erde, Baumsaft und gebranntem Kalk. Dann befestigt er am Schädel Kauri-Schneckengehäuse, Conus-Schneckenböden und Menschenhaare. Anschließend wird der Schädel mit schwarzer, gelber und roter Farbe bemalt.
English
English
During an initiation ceremony a man modells on a skull a mixture of clay. He taps a tree for some tree-sap. The mixture on the skull consists of earth, tree-sap, and burned chalk. Different shells like cowrie shells and conus shells and human hair fixed on the skull. Finally he paints the overmodelled skull with black, yellow and red.
Keywords
German
German
English
English
IWF Classification
German
German
English
English