- AU ANUA 695-34
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
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archival descriptions- AU ANUA 695-33
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
- AU ANUA 695-32
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Man demonstrating the use of a stone axe, stripping bark, felling branches and preparing timber
- AU ANUA 695-35
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "Roll 27" as written on the exterior of the film can. Also labelled "ANU untitled B&W with print."
- AU ANUA 695-31
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Noted on film can "1x16mm black & white print"
Man in headdress cutting cane and making axe socket (Axe Socket - Part 1)
- AU ANUA 695-30
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "30" as written on the exterior of the film box. Also noted "Christensen 100 plus x B&W."
Abiamp: Young men quarrying axe stone (Quarrying - Part 2)
- AU ANUA 695-29
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "29" as written on the exterior of the film box. Also noted "Christensen 100 plus x B&W."
Abiamp: Chipping axe blank (Stone Core - Part 2)
- AU ANUA 695-28
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "28" as written on the exterior of the film box.
Koipaka funeral at Manim Creek: Part 2 (Funeral - Part 2)
- AU ANUA 695-27
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "Making socket and handle for stone axe. Sharpening spear" as written on the exterior of the film box.
Old Kopi Man: Making axe socket. Adzing scenes (Axe use - Part 2)
- AU ANUA 695-26
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "Making axe socket. Adzing scenes" as written on the exterior of the film box.
Man cutting handle & socket basic with stone axe. (Axe Socket - Part 2)
- AU ANUA 695-25
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "Old Roni man cutting handle & socket basic with steel axe. Also cutting & stripping fig bark" as written on the exterior of the film box.
Mak making bark cloth (Bark Cloth - Part 2)
- AU ANUA 695-24
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "Bark cloth" as written on the exterior of the film can. Additional notes not legible.
Mak making bark cloth and sewing a hat (Bark Cloth - Part 3)
- AU ANUA 695-23
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "Making palm thread and sewing hut" as written on the exterior of the film box. Also noted "Bad focusing."
- AU ANUA 695-22
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "Funeral at Koibika" as written on the exterior of the film box. Also noted on box "Shows man with no finger also."
Abiamp: Old men quarrying axe stone (Quarrying - Part 1)
- AU ANUA 695-21
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "Clearing for house. Quarrying (throwing)" as written on the exterior of the film box.
Abiamp: two different men demonstrating different styles of axe hafting (Axe Making - Part 4)
- AU ANUA 695-20
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "Attaching axe & socket to handle" as written on the exterior of the film box.
Old Kopi Man: axe hafting, bamboo and rattan splitting (Axe use - Part 3)
- AU ANUA 695-19
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "Old Kopi man making axe handle & stripping rattan" as written on the exterior of the film box.
Stone axe head polishing (Axe Making - Part 3)
- AU ANUA 695-18
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "Axe polishing" as written on the exterior of the film box.
John Doa's Funeral Part 1: Pig Killing [GRAPHIC WARNING] (Pig Kill - Part 1)
- AU ANUA 695-17
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "Pigs and head bashing, singeing and cooking pits" as written on the exterior of the film box. Also noted on box "exposed."
Cutting tree with stone axe, Manim
- AU ANUA 695-16
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "Cutting tree with stone axe, Manim" as written on the exterior of the film box. Additional handwritten notes present but illegible.
- AU ANUA 695-15
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "15" as written on the exterior of the film box.
Pandanus harvesting in the Nebilyer (Pandanus - Part 1)
- AU ANUA 695-14
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "Climbing up trees and cutting pandanus, & Wurup scenes" as written on the exterior of the film box.
Making flakes through bi-polar flaking technique
- AU ANUA 695-13
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "Bipolar flaking" as written on the exterior of the film box.
Koipaka funeral at Manim Creek: Part 1 (Funeral - Part 1)
- AU ANUA 695-12
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "Koipaka funeral and Manim creek" as written on the exterior of the film box. Also annotated "121" and "exposed."
Men attaching axe and adze heads to handles (Axe Making - Part 5)
- AU ANUA 695-11
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "Axe handle Abiamp" as written on the exterior of the film box.
Pandanus cooking in the Nebilyer (Pandanus - Part 2)
- AU ANUA 695-10
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "Pandanus Cooking & Brisstle Cutting & Pig Butchering" as written on the exterior of the box. Also noted "Exposed D4."
Abiamp: Stone axe polishing (Axe Making - Part 2)
- AU ANUA 695-9
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "9" as written on the exterior of the film can. Also marked "Christensen"
- AU ANUA 695-8
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "Chipping of Axe Blanks" as that was written on the exterior of the film can. Also noted in marker "Not too informative"
Abiamp: Stone axe polishing, tree chopping and victory dance
- AU ANUA 695-7
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "7" as written on the exterior of the film can.
Abiamp: chipping axe blanks shaping hammerstones and examining flakes (Stone Core - Part 1)
- AU ANUA 695-6
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "6" as written on the exterior of the film can.
- AU ANUA 695-5
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "4" as written on the exterior of the film can.
Mak in primary forest, shaving bark from mulberry and fig trees (Bark Cloth - Part 1)
- AU ANUA 695-4
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "4" as was written on the exterior of the film can.
Man binding an axe handle (Axe Making - Part 6)
- AU ANUA 695-1
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "1" as was written on the exterior of the film can.
Abiamp: Stone axe polishing (Axe Making - Part 1)
- AU ANUA 695-2
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "2" as was written on the exterior of the film can.
- AU ANUA 695-3
- Item
- circa 1972-1974
Originally titled "3" as was written on the exterior of the film can.
Christensen ethnographic films of Papua New Guinea
- AU ANUA 695
- Series
- 1972 - 1974
These films were recorded by Christensen in the area of the Wahgi Valley of Papua New Guinea, near the Department of PreHistory's excavations at Kuk, led by Dr Jack Golson. These films depict traditional methods of tool making, cooking, farming, and hunting, as well as funerary rites and other rituals.
Films were numbered and arranged according to information recorded on film boxes and cans. Since being digitised and being able to be viewed, the original order is no longer helpful, and films should be grouped as follows:
Axe making:
ANUA 695-2 (part 1)
ANUA 695-9 (part 2)
ANUA 695-18 (part 3)
ANUA 695-20 (part 4)
ANUA 695-11 (part 5)
ANUA 695-1 (part 6)
Axe use:
ANUA 695-22 (part 1)
ANUA 695-26 (part 2)
ANUA 695-19 (part 3)
ANUA 695-3 (part 4)
Bark cloth:
ANUA 695-4 (part 1)
ANUA 695-24 (part 2)
ANUA 695-23 (part 3)
Stone core:
ANUA 695-6 (part 1)
ANUA 695-28 (part 2)
Pandanus:
ANUA 695-14 (part 1)
ANUA 695-10 (part 2)
Funeral:
ANUA 695-12 (part 1)
ANUA 695-27 (part 2)
John Doa's Funeral (pig killing)
ANUA 695-17 (part 1)
ANUA 695-15 (part 2)
Quarrying:
ANUA 695-21 (part 1)
ANUA 695-29 (part 2)
Axe Socket:
ANUA 695-30 (part 1)
ANUA 695-25 (part 2)
Film items ANUA 695-5 and 13 are concerned with stone flakes, but are not specified as being a part of a series. Film items ANUA 695-7, 16, and 35 involve the use of stone axes, but are not specified as being a part of a series. Item ANUA 695-8 includes film of sewing a pandanus mat, trimming an axeblank, and collecting flaking stone.
Christensen, Ole A.