Bifo Kam

Location:Reef Islands, Solomon Islands
Subject:Canoes; traditional money
Length:7 minutes
Format:1/2-inch VHS; 16mm
Hue:Color
Year Released:1980
Series:Solomon Islands
Director:Graham Chase, Martin Cohen
Producer:Don Murray
Distributor:Film Australia
Library Code:
Description:This film is in two parts. The first shows how the people of the Reef Islands make a large canoe using traditional tools. The second part shows manufacture of feather money in Santa Cruz. Feather money is slowly dying out; only one person still knows how to make it. This film records that method. (Available only as part of the 10-part series.)
Record No:179
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