Collection details
Collection ID CR1
Title Central Asmat (Manowee, Jas, Yas) (Indonesia)
Description Materials deposited by Ruth H. Roesler and The Evangelical Alliance Museum created by Calvin Roesler. Their work was among the Asmat people in the swamps of the south coast. Linguistic work of devising a spelling system and translation of Scripture was carried out as was recording of anthropological data. It includes folktales, origins, customs, songs, daily life and linguistic analysis. Items 001 to 054 are audio recordings and all following items are notes, most of which are transcripts of audio.
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/CR1
Collector
Ruth Roesler
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Originating university University of Melbourne
Countries
Indonesia - ID
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Languages
Asmat, Casuarina Coast - asc
Asmat, Central - cns
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Region / village Irian Jaya
DOI 10.4225/72/56E824684C625
Cite as Ruth Roesler (collector), 1958. Central Asmat (Manowee, Jas, Yas) (Indonesia). Collection CR1 at catalog.paradisec.org.au [Open Access]. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/56E824684C625
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Items in Collection (136)

Item Title Actions
051 Asmat Songs View
052 Songs - Jipaj so 11 View
053 Misc See paper View
054 Sounds View
056 Amorep and Warse Tare Atakam View
057 What d Will Do Tomorrow - Copral View
058 Opening of a New Bachelor House View
059 A Ji Atakom - Copral View
060 What Copral and Wife Did Yesterday View
061 Maring [?] the Village View
062 Hunting Crocodile with Shung View
063 When Copral as a Child Followed a Warring [?] Party to Jipar [?] View
064 When Australia and Japan Were Here View
065 Child Birth View
066 When a Person Gets a 'Juwus' View
067 Death by Sorcery View
068 Man Bitten by Pig (Copral) View
069 Hunting Sago and Possession of Things View
070 Two Dreams View
071 Planting View
072 Burial Customs View
073 Tou Pokembmi View
074 Message to Ndamwin View
075 Sicknesses - Copral View
076 Vmi Jew - Copral-ji Atekem View
077 Message by Chukum View
078 Recorded Message by Chukum View
079 Jipay Pokmbwi View
080 Beginning of Asmat View
081 Payir View
082 Oil Co Trip View
083 Baihwani [?] View
084 Ji Atakom View
085 Bir Pohambwi View
086 Dijangan Takut View
087 Berdialah untuk Surga (Revised) View
088 Jerinsa View
089 How Thimay Came into Existence View
090 Kemudian Kematian Apa Djadi View
091 Kedjatuhan View
092 Beweipitch + Fam. by Jemin View
093 Tiema[?] - Maju[?] Tau[?] Takam[?] View
094 Amborep - Warse Tare Atakam View
095 Jipir TA - Jiren View
096 Beweripic Becomes Fimeripic View
097 Pig Hunt View
098 Hunting Story by Kopral - Tape View
099 Heart [?] {Bumandu [?]) View
100 An Pokmwi - Warakapitj View
101 Mansarkaj View

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