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Films
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“Australia”
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“Australia”
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“Archival material Museum displays”
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Year of production
“2010”
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Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
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films with a digital version
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short films
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Region
Australia
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Australia
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Archival material / Museum displays
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Film / Photography / Mass media
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History of Anthropology
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Ritual
1
Directors
Eaton, Michael
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not set
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Country of production
United Kingdom
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Year of production
2010
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Colour / Black and white
Film
Masks of Mer
2010
37
‘
Directed by
Michael Eaton
.
The film Alfred Haddon made in 1898 in the Torres Straits, lasting for less than a minute, is the world’s first example of anthropological cinema. ‘The Masks of Mer’ tells the extraordinary story of this experiment and traces the masks worn in the sacred initiation ceremony Haddon filmed. And, for the first time since Haddon himself publicly presented the work, his films are synchronised with the team’s phonographic recordings.
Australia
History of Anthropology
Film / Photography / Mass media
Archival material / Museum displays
Ritual