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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
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

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