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Original description
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Recording collected in 1959-1960 during the Franco-Dutch expedition organized by P.-D. Gaisseau with the help of G. Delloye who succeeded in the first south-north crossing of the island of New Guinea, in its part then under Dutch control. The expedition is financed in particular by a film shot in 35 mm: the sky and the mud, Oscar for best documentary film in 1961. They spend 3 months visiting the Asmat tribes, with the help of a Catholic missionary who introduced, then they launched an assault on the central mountain range by going up the Steenboom river, a tributary of the Eilanden. They then make the first contact with the Papuans of the mountains who inhabit this valley, and still use stone axes, which they call "pygmies" because of their small size, then with their cousins on the other side of the pass, the Eipomeks.
Time duration
00:00:44
Acquisition Date
1968
Time period
1959-1960
Place of the cultural origin
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Archivist Category
English
Spoken voice
Recording context
English
Field recording
Collector
Name of original Collection
Expédition en Nouvelle Guinée, 1959-1960.
Collection source citation
History of ownership
Recording archived at Musée de l'Homme by P.D. Gaisseau in 1968.
Holding Institution of Original Materials
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Accessing Institutions
Copyright Notice
For any use, please contact the CREM-LESC (CNRS, Nanterre University, France): see information at https://archives.crem-cnrs.fr
Physical format
English
Magnetic tape
Preservation State of Physical Object
Original, bruit de fond, pré-écho.Ø Grand format ; v. 76 cm/s
Original item number
CNRSMH_I_1968_015_001_11
SEAH Identifier
SEAH_CNRSMH_I_1968_015_001_11
