Dani Houses

Observes, with a minimum of narration, both round and square house construction techniques of the Grand Valley Dani, a Papuan culture of Irian Jaya (West New Guinea). Shows how the ground is cleared, walls are made from boards and poles lashed together, and a roof is thatched. Filmed in l963 by Karl G. Heider, a member of the Harvard-Peabody Expedition.
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Observes, with a minimum of narration, both round and square house construction techniques of the Grand Valley Dani, a Papuan culture of Irian Jaya (West New Guinea). Shows how the ground is cleared, walls are made from boards and poles lashed together, and a roof is thatched. Filmed in l963 by Karl G. Heider, a member of the Harvard-Peabody Expedition., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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