Ellice Islands, Niutao (Polynesians) -- Preparation of "Pulaka" Tubers ("Taufangongo" Procedure)
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.850; E00414
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 (6 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1960
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 shells pulaka tubers (a variety of dry taro) with a small axe and cuts them into pieces. Coconut shells are filled with the pulaka pieces and a mixture of coconut meat and milk. An earth oven is prepared in order to steam several of these "containers."
Legacy Keywords: Tuvalu ; Ellice Islands, Niutao ; Oceania; Polynesians