Object Details
- Creator
- Kendon, Adam
- Place
- Oceania
- Papua New Guinea
- Topic
- Enga (Papua New Guinean people)
- Provenance
- Received from Adam Kendon in 1984.
- Creator
- Kendon, Adam
- See more items in
- Adam Kendon films
- Sponsor
- Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
- Extent
- 324 Film reels (black-and-white silent reversal; black-and-white sound reversal; 20,450 feet, 16mm)
- Sound recordings
- Linear feet
- Date
- 1975
- Archival Repository
- Human Studies Film Archives
- Identifier
- HSFA.1984.07
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Film reels
- Sound recordings
- Sound films
- Silent films
- Citation
- Adam Kendon films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Processing Information
- Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
- Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Genre/Form
- Sound films
- silent films
- Scope and Contents
- Eleven thematic film records on the Enga of Papua New Guinea by anthropologist Adam Kendon. Collection contains supplementary materials: associated texts, sound recordings, and field notes. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
- Restrictions
- The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
- Record ID
- ebl-1633044672021-1633044672023-0
