Film reels (40 minutes, color sound; 1,440 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1979
Scope and Contents:
Edited film produced for Bill Wadsworth Productions. Film features various Micronesian art forms; scenic shots of coastline and vegetation; the manufacture of fishing lines and lures; cloth weaving; "story boards," a form of woodcarving; the Sakau ceremony; and dances and costumes from the islands of Palau, Ulithi, Yap, Truk, and Ponape.
Legacy Keywords: Settlements rural ; Manufacture of fishing lines lures ; Weaving cloth ; Singing mission songs school songs ; Currency stone money ; Art sculpture anthropomorphic images ; Woodworking story boards ; Art watercolors ; Dance ; Ceremonies Sakau ceremony ; Ethnographer: Janet Hoskins
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 1987.9.31
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Laura Boulton films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
