Coastal and Highland Scenes of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea: Edited Film
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1991.7.3
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Schuyler, John B., III
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content: John B. Schuyler III films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (9 minutes, color sound; 320 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1950-1960
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: Incomplete edited film structured around scenes of coastal (southern) and highland Papuan life. Film features examples of body painting and tattooing of a coastal Papuan girl, the manufacture of grass skirts, and a fictional "courtship" scene. Footage of the highland (probably of Mt. Hageners or Enga) includes a pig feast.