Her Name Came on Arrows: A Kinship Interview with the Baruya of New Guinea

Location:Papua New Guinea
Subject:Kinship; marriage
Length:26 minutes
Format:DVD; 16mm; Video
Hue:Color
Year Released:1982
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Producer:Allison Jablonko, Mark Jablonko, Stephen Olsson
Distributor:DER
Library Code:UHM AV/C VIDEOTAPE 1385; NFVLS
Description:In the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea, French anthropologist Maurice Godelier invites five of his Baruya friends and informants to his house to discuss Baruya kinship and rules of marriage. Godelier investigates kinship rules and Baruya customs of stealing wives, exchanging sisters for wives, stealing names, and exchanging "food for blood."
Record No:773
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