Tanna Island (1975.1.2 - 7)
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1975.1.2 - 7
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 2: Tanna Island films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 1,170 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1973-1974
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 on Tanna Island during 1973 at Yoohnanan village and ceremonial ground. Footage includes scene of women painting their faces in preparation for the napenapen dances; shots of women and children in ceremonial garb entering the ceremonial ground single file; various dance sequences and mid-range and close-up; shots of male onlookers, some periodically mocking a number of the women dancers; close up shots of the dancers arrayed in grass skirts, effloresence of vegetal coverings, feathered and plume head adornments, and facial paint, and woven pads used in handclapping during dance. These activities were situated in the context of "custom" revival associated with the John Frum cargo cult movement.