Malekula (1975.1.1 - 10)
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1975.1.1 - 10
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; 1,053 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. Shots include scenes of activity around family huts showing interactions between parents, children, and siblings; piglet foraging in the yard, young children feeding chickens, foodsharing among children; an infant spontaneously mimicking his father's gestures; women returning from their gardens with fiber nets laden with taro and yam wrapped in banana leaves; mothers breastfeeding; boys playing with bow and arrow; women peeling and grating taro roots on fern branches (preparation of lap-lap next to family hut); white female anthropologist taking notes and recording amidst the domestic scene.