Tanna Island (1975.1.2 - 11)
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1975.1.2 - 11
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 2: Tanna Island films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 846 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1973-1974
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 on Tanna Island during 1974 in Yoohnanan village. Footage includes shots of recently circumcised boys having penis wrappers placed on them by an adult male; the ritual sequestering of the boys in a circumcision hut; ritual cleansing of the initiates with coconut milk by older boys; boys along a path on their way to be bathed; shots of boys being preceded by another boy blowing a conch shell to warn women not to cross their path; the initiates being fed by older boys in their circumcision "stalls"; scenes of an adult male with two young boys planting yam roots in a garden and constructing a trellis on which it can grow; adult male digging yams from the garden.