The Masks of Mer

The Masks of Mer / Potlatch Productions ; filmmaker, Michael Eaton.

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: Video
Language:English
Published: London, England : Royal Anthropological Institute, 2010.
Series:Ethnographic video online.
Subjects:
Haddon, Alfred C. > (Alfred Cort), > 1855-1940.
Dance, Aboriginal Australian.
Torres Strait Islanders > Social life and customs.
Torres Strait Islanders > Rites and ceremonies.
Ethnographic films.
Documentary films.
Films ethnographiques.
Documentaires.
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