Scott Williams' Micronesian Film Project
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1975.3.1
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Williams, Scott
setName: label: See more items in
content: Scott Williams collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (color sound; 28,500 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975-1976
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: Full film record shot on the outer coral atolls of Ifalik and Woleai, Yap District, Western Caroline Islands. Footage documents subsistence activities as practiced by mens' and womens' work groups (organized around fishing versus taro cultivation and harvest activities respectively), socialization and child care activities, and life cycle events. The latter includes a first pregnancy ceremony and funeral. Also of ethnographic interest is documentation of various feasts and dances, scenes of native magic, and medicinal practice.

Legacy Keywords: Outrigger canoe ; Fishing ; Coral reefs and islands ; Language and culture ; Subsistence fishing use of nets in ; Dance ; Music ; Funeral rites and ceremonies