Dani films
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Dani films
Documentary Educational Resources, c2008
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Karl Heider Dani films
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"1974" -- Label
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"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