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Spear and sword : a ceremonial payment of bridewealth, the Island of Roti, Eastern Indonesia
- Summary
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Politics, ritual, and personality intermingle in negotiations between representatives of two families during a payment of bridewealth.
Details
- Creator
- James J. Fox, Timothy Asch and Patsy Asch
- Other Title
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- Subtitle on container: Payment of bridewealth on the island of Roti
- Included Title
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- Ethnographic video online
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- Indonesian
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 1990
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (25 min.)
- OCLC
- ocn649690800
- Produced by Dept. of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University with assistance from Documentary Educational Resources and the National Science Foundation. Final production at University of Southern California, Center for Visual Anthropology.
- Filmed in 1977 and originally released in 1989.
- Indonesian with English subtitles.