Malekula (1975.1.1 - 2)
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1975.1.1 - 2
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 1: Malekula films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (17 minutes, color silent; 600 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970-1974
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 in the Lendombwey region of south central Malekula in 1970 among the Nambas. Documented are activities within the ceremonial ground. These include: shots of the ceremonial enclosure including large standing slit gong (ambulgai) and smaller drums (irugumbai); men making sand drawings; males in ceremonial dress; detailed footage showing the construction of the funerary effigies or "marionettes" known as temes nevimbur. Close-up shots of the red clay and vegetal fiber materials used to sculpt the effigies as they are made by two men in a special enclosure adjacent to the men's hut.