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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Alexander Street Press
Other Authors: Eaton, Michael, 1954- (Director, Narrator), Eaton, Michael (Director, Narrator)
Format: Unknown
Language:English
Published: London, England : Royal Anthropological Institute, 2010
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