Ellice Islands, Niutao (Polynesians) -- Working in a Taro Pit
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.849; E00413
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 (11 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: specially cultivated taro pits are used to grow a crude variety of dry taro (pulaka) on the coral island of Niutao. Typical cultivation work is shown here: girls collect leaves for the foundation; an old man harvests a pulaka tuber and plants the resulting stalks; and a one-year-old plant is treated with soil and fertilizing leaves.
Legacy Keywords: Tuvalu ; Ellice Islands, Niutao ; Oceania; Polynesians