Man Blong Custom (Outtakes)
odd: label: General
content: Local Number: HSFA 1975.5.1 - 20
name: label: Collection Producer
content: British Broadcasting Corporation
label: Collection Host
content: Attenborough, David, 1926-
label: Collection Director
content: MacIntyre, Michael
setName: label: See more items in
content: Man Blong Custom (Outtakes)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (color sound, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1974-1975
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: Outtakes from edited film includes: scenes in the compound of the cargo cult leader on Guadacanal; the formal reception given to Attenborough and party by Moru, the cult leader; natives playing pan-pipes, their faces outlined in white markings and adorned with cowrie shells; scenes in and around a ritual enclosure next to the cult house known as the "House of Memories"; oratory by cult leader's attendant elaborating the cult myth; young women dancing in line; Moru and Attenborough entering the sacred cult house; close up shots of interior and enormous quantity of shell money hung from rafters; cult objects.

Legacy Keywords: Music songs dance Guadacanal ; Musical instruments pan pipes Guadacanal ; Adornment shell money ; Myths oratory oral performance Guadacanal ; Cargo cults myth Guadacanal Guadacanal ; Millenarian movements cargo cults Guadacanal ; Cult objects cargo cults Moru Guadacanal ; Dance hand movement Guadacanal ; Wealth shell money Guadacanal ; Language and culture ; Oceania ; New Hebrides ; Solomon Islands ; Melita Island Lao lagoon ; Melanesians