Gilbert Islands, Nonuti (Micronesians) -- Making Coconut Fiber Rope
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.742; E00826
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (8 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963
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: a woman from the atoll Nonuti gathers fibers together from prepared coconut hulls and braids them into a thick cord. Three men of her family then wind the cord into a much stronger rope as they sit under a crossbeam and work together.
Legacy Keywords: Kiribati ; Gilbert Islands, Nonuti ; Oceania; Micronesians