Dani films

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Dani films

Karl Heider

Documentary Educational Resources, c2008

Videorecording（Videodisc）

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Karl Heider Dani films

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"1974" -- Label

DVD

"This Special Edition two-DVD set contains both films along with commentary by Karl Heider (21 min.), and a narrated pictorial history (9 min.) of Heider's career in archaeology and anthropology" -- Container

Summary: "Dani houses" was filmed in 1963 by Karl Heider, a member of the Harvard-Peabody Expedition, this documentary film observes both round and square house construction techniques of the Grand Valley Dani, a Papual culture of Irian Jaya. It shows how the ground is cleared, walls are made from boards, poles are lashed together, and a roof is thatched

Summary: "Dani sweet potatoes" was shot in 1963 by Karl G. Heider, a member of the Harvard Peabody Expedition as part of an ethnographic study of the Grand Valley Dani. The film follows the highly sophisticated process of sweet potato horticulture developed by the Grand Valley Dani in West New Guinea

Contents of Works

  • [Disc 1]. Dani sweet potatoes / a film by Karl Heider
  • [Disc 2]. Dani houses / a film by Karl Heider
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