Malekula (1975.1.1 - 17)
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1975.1.1 - 17
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Müller, Kal, 1939-
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content: Kal Muller films and photographs of Vanuatu (New Hebrides)
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content: Kal Muller films and photographs of Vanuatu (New Hebrides) / Series 1: Malekula films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color silent; 509 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970-1974
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage shot in the Lendombwey region of south central during 1974 among the Nambas. Footage includes scenes of male and female ceremonial dancing in the Namba ceremonial ground; women dancing in a line with special staffs of nargai leaves; men dancing around the central slit gong in full ceremonial dress ornamented with leaves, feathers, multicolored waist bands, facial paint, bows and arrows; various perambulations around the central part of dance ground adjacent to lean-to where slit gongs are kept; shots of male dancer entering the ceremonial ground with pig on his shoulders, dancing; yams (tied in bundles of three and four being unloaded from platform on one side of dance ground; ritual drama of puppet theater--shots of the temes nevimbur effigies decorated with plumage headdresses dancing behind puppet stage.