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Oct 01, 1963
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Dead Birds (1963)

An ethnographic documentary documenting the ritual warfare cycle, social life, and belief systems of the Dani people of the Baliem Valley in western New Guinea.

Category

Documentary

Country

Papua New Guinea United States of America

Companies

Peabody Museum

Robert Gardner

Narrator

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