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Gilbert Islands, Tabiteuea (Micronesians) -- String Figures 1963   Title:  Gilbert Islands, Tabiteuea (Micronesians) -- String Figures 1963 Contained in:  Film set from Encyclopaedia Cinematographica, Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film, 1952-1995. Phy. Description:  one film reel (8 min.) silent b&w 16mm reference film Produced:  Gottingen, Germany Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film Summary:  Edited film: two men create nineteen different configurations by holding string between their outstretched hands. Some of the figures develop from previous ones and some are of magical and religious significance. Provenance:  Deposited in HSFA in 2006 by Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (IWF) Wissen und Medien gGmbH via the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) Audio-visual Services, which possessed the film prints as the American Distributor for the IWF Encyclopaedia Cinematographica. Films were made by various German anthropologists for inclusion in the Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica. Film prints of the Encyclopaedia Cinematographica were distributed in North America by Penn State Audio-Visual Services under an agreement with IWF. When Penn State Audio-Visual Services effectively closed in 2005, the film prints were offered to the Human Studies Film Archives. The HSFA agreed to accept all the ethnographic film titles in the Encyclopaedia Cinematographica. Since Penn State had no rights to the prints, HSFA negotiated an agreement with IWF Wissen und Medien gGmbH. 16 mm film prints. General Note:  Title from credits (published work)--study collection Supplementary materials: German language study guide Restrictions:  Information on reproduction and fees available from Human Studies Film Archives. Culture:  Micronesians Subject - Geographical:  Kiribati Gilbert Islands, Tabiteuea Oceania Repository Loc:  Human Studies Film Archives Local Number:  HSFA 2006.2.796 Other Numbers:  E00883 Item information Repository Call No.   Human Studies Film Archives HSFA_E00883 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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