Man Blong Custom (Outtakes)
odd: label: General
content: Local Number: HSFA 1975.5.1 - 22
name: label: Collection Producer
content: British Broadcasting Corporation
label: Collection Host
content: Attenborough, David, 1926-
label: Collection Director
content: MacIntyre, Michael
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content: Man Blong Custom (Outtakes)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (color sound, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1974-1975
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: Outtakes from edited film includes: mid-range and close up shots of cargo cult members preparing for a "custom feast"; natives attired in loincloths, shell necklaces, some with painted faces and feathered headdresses working to the rhythmic accompaniment of song. Establishing shots along shoreline of beach; shots of village and the enclosure around the cult house; close ups of attendants positioned at entrance to cult house; shots of entranceway and iconographic art inside; additional shots of work group--a native using a wood file to craft shell fishhooks, using sandpaper leaf to finish wooden comb, pounding fiberous material of coconut palm, smoking pipes made from shells, weaving baskets, and stripping banana leaves to make ceremonial skirts. Natives stamping taro and making fire by fiction method.

Legacy Keywords: Cargo cults cult house practices of Guadacanal ; Millenarian movements cargo cults Guadacanal ; Work groups crafts food preparation Guadacanal ; Adornment cargo cults Guadacanal ; Plants ceremonial use Guadacanal ; Feathers ceremonial use Guadacanal ; Tools in association with cult belief Guadacanal ; Music pallative to work Guadacanal ; Food preparation stamping taro Guadacanal ; Fire making of Guadacanal ; Basketry Guadacanal ; Language and culture ; Oceania ; New Hebrides ; Solomon Islands ; Melita Island Lao lagoon ; Melanesians