Location: | Vanuatu; Solomon Islands |
Subject: | Documentary |
Length: | 29,600 feet |
Format: | Archival Film |
Hue: | Color |
Year Released: | 1974 |
Series: | Tribal Eye |
Director: | |
Producer: | |
Distributor: | Smithsonian HSFA |
Library Code: | Smithsonian HSFA 75.5.1 |
Description: | Outtakes from the episode Man Blong Custom filmed in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) for the BBC series The Tribal Eye, hosted by David Attenborough. Footage documents a major pig feast on coastal Malakula; ritual activities in and around the ceremonial ground; a men's house in the central highlands; the making of shell money; a wedding; ceremonial exchange in the Solomons; and "custom" revival and cargo cult activities on Guadalcanal. Supplementary materials. |
Record No: | 2173 |
Resources: | Distributors's List |
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