Pentecost Island (1975.1.3-1)
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1975.1.3-1
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 3: Pentecost Island films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (23 minutes, color silent; 837 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971
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 Pentecost Island during 1971 among the Bunlap.  Shots include: a native affixing penis sheath and waist band; a man demonstrating the technique of decorating and dying a woven armband using native materials. Men cutting vines with machetes to be used by "land divers" who dive from hundred foot towers as part of the Bunlap annual ceremonies; various close-up and mid-range shots of the tower and divers, techniques by which vines are tied to the diver's ankles, the narrow platforms from which men dive, the effigies placed at the base of the tower; various angled shots of men diving from their perches; close-up shots of the perches, their construction, and the workings by which they absorb the energy of the plunging diver, views of spectators below; shots from the tower of a dance sequence beneath the tower performed by women in ceremonial dress. The edited film, THE LAND DIVERS OF MELANESIA, was produced from this footage.