Malekula (1975.1.1 - 18)
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1975.1.1 - 18
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; 439 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 in the Namba ceremonial ground showing men drumming on slit gongs and a phalanx of male dancers with bayonette spears and guns moving clockwise around the large upright gong; close-up shots of men singing; elder male dancing with four-pronged ceremonial spear; dragging a tusker pig onto the ceremonial ground for sacrifice; perambulations of a costumed male performer in the rain attired with an enormous headdress of feathers and vegetal ornamentation.