Spear and Sword: a Ceremonial Payment of Bridewealth

Spear and Sword: a Ceremonial Payment of Bridewealth

Streaming video - 2014

This traditionally ethnographic sequence film focuses on the negotiations betwen representatives of two families during a payment of bridewealth. In the past the husband's group would carry a spear and a sword to hang in the wife's house. Now, a payment is made as a substitute for the spear and sword.

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Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming 2014.
Language
Indonesian
English
Corporate Author
Kanopy (Firm)
Corporate Author
Kanopy (Firm) (-)
Other Authors
Patsy Asch (author), Timothy Asch (contributor), James Fox, Mias Kiuk, Petrus Malesi
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
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Item Description
Title from title frames.
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 25 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).

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