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Spear and sword : a ceremonial payment of bridewealth, the Island of Roti, Eastern Indonesia / James J. Fox, Timothy Asch and Patsy Asch.

Format Video (Streaming) and Electronic
Publication InfoWatertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 1990.
Description1 streaming video (25 min.)
Supplemental Content Access restricted to subscribers
Subject(s)
Bride price--Indonesia --Roti.
Ethnology--Indonesia.
Motion pictures in ethnology.
Other author/creatorAsch, Patsy.
Other author/creatorAsch, Timothy.
Other author/creatorFox, James J., 1940-
Other author/creatorAustralian National University. Department of Anthropology.
Other author/creatorDocumentary Educational Resources (Firm)
Variant title Subtitle on container: Payment of bridewealth on the island of Roti
Variant title Ceremonial payment of bridewealth, the island of Roti, Eastern Indonesia
Abstract Politics, ritual, and personality intermingle in negotiations between representatives of two families during a payment of bridewealth.
General noteProduced 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.
Date/time/place of a event noteFilmed in 1977 and originally released in 1989.
LanguageIndonesian with English subtitles.

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