The Navigators: Pathfinders of the Pacific
name: label: Creator
content: Low, Sam
place: label: Place
content: Oceania
label: Place
content: Palau
topic: label: Topic
content: Navigation
label: Topic
content: Canoes
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Sanford Low in 2015.
creator: label: Creator
content: Low, Sam
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content: The Navigators: Pathfinders of the Pacific
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 57 Film reels (color sound; 57,388 feet, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1983
label: Date
content: 2013
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.2015.17
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Sound films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film and outtakes of film shot on the atoll of Satawal in the Caroline Islands under the supervision of anthropologist Sam Low. The film explores the continuity of Polynesian navigational methods.

Supplementary materials:  camera and shot logs

Legacy keywords: Language and culture ; Navigation ; Outrigger canoe ; Ethnology ; Fishing ; Sailing ; Boatbuilding ; Food preparation cooking ; Prayers

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