The Masks of Mer /

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, fo...

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Other Authors: Eaton, Michael (Director, Narrator)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: London, England : Royal Anthropological Institute, 2010.
Series:Ethnographic video online.
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