Dances of the South Pacific
Category: Travelogue
Length: 16:43
| Film ID | F16-0568 |
| Film Description | Compilation of Pacific Rim dance footage from the travelogue films of Mrs. Hacker. Edited travelogue/ethnographic footage with narrative titles "...taken from Mrs. Hacker's Travel films." (Later remarried, Mrs. J. Shipley Dixon). Apia British Samoa (complete) Nukalofa-Friendly Island (dance after Flying Foxes) Fiji War Dance (from Fiji part) Bali Temple Dance (after dancers dressing) Sumatra Batik Dancers Ceylon Devil Dance Producer: Mrs. C. W. Hacker, Mrs. J. Shipley Dixon Audio/Visual: silent, b&w |
| Video Category | Travelogue |
| Film Creator | Mrs. C. W. Hacker / Mrs. J. Shipley Dixon |
| Topics | Dance performance, Dancing, Dancers, Sri Lanka, Samoa, Nukuʻalofa, Fiji, Bali, Sumatra, Batak people |
| Rights | All rights are reserved by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting the Penn Museum Archives at 215-898-8304, or email photos@pennmuseum.org. |