Micronesia: the People and Their Arts
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1987.9.31
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Boulton, Laura, 1899-1980
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content: Laura Boulton films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (40 minutes, color sound; 1,440 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1979
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: Edited film produced for Bill Wadsworth Productions. Film features various Micronesian art forms; scenic shots of coastline and vegetation; the manufacture of fishing lines and lures; cloth weaving; "story boards," a form of woodcarving; the Sakau ceremony; and dances and costumes from the islands of Palau, Ulithi, Yap, Truk, and Ponape.

Legacy Keywords: Settlements rural ; Manufacture of fishing lines lures ; Weaving cloth ; Singing mission songs school songs ; Currency stone money ; Art sculpture anthropomorphic images ; Woodworking story boards ; Art watercolors ; Dance ; Ceremonies Sakau ceremony ; Ethnographer: Janet Hoskins