New Guinea 1957 Reel 37 of 44
Category: Travelogue
Length: 17:42
Film ID | F16-0141 |
Film Description | Reel 37 of 44 Unedited travelogue Goroke and vicinity ShotlistReel 37 of 44Unedited travelogue Goroke and vicinity Shotlist: Cat. Reel 141 1957: Reel 37: New Guinea. June 12-13. Vicinity of Goroke. Villagers walking barefoot Man carrying pig on shoulder. Man wearing necklace of human hair locks. Man with stone (cu). Boy with bow and arrow (mws). Decoration on forehead and nose of man. Men eating, seated around fire. Old woman wearing necklace. Log footbridge. People with decorated faces and bodies. People decorating Mr. Kintner's jeep. Round, thatch-roofed hut. Boy filling radiator using bamboo tube. Bodily decoration (cu, mws). Village of huts. Family groups. Woman spinning "vines" for baskets or nets. Pig jawbones impaled on a stake. Girl boarding up a shelter entrance (pig hut)? Leaf diapers on baby. Person dressed in leaves. Body and facial decoration. Boys standing in row by fire (wearing "nylaks"). Two men carrying dead pig. Thatched huts on a hill. People carrying burdens in village. Heating stories to "mumu" food. Pigs leaving "corral" hut. People with decorated bodies. Footbridge over stream. Landscapes. Body and facial decoration. Forest: Village in background, Man wrapped in leaves and dancing. Facial tattoos (xcu). Landscapes. Women carrying burdens on road. Bodily decoration. Landscapes. Preparing to cook food "mumu" style. |
Video Category | Travelogue |
Film Creator | Watson Kintner |
Topics | Mumu feast, Tattoos, Goroke area, Papua New Guinea |
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