Santa Cruz Group, Ndende (Melanesians) -- Making Feather Money
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.830; E01401
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, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1967
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: demonstrates the creation of money using the whitish feathers of the pacific dove (Ducula pacifica), the red feathers of the nectar bird (Myzomela cardinalis), and the juice of the paper mulberry tree (Broussonetia papyrifera). All of these elements are tied together with bark bast.
Legacy Keywords: Solomon Islands ; Santa Cruz Group, Ndende ; Oceania; Melanesians