FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

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New Look at Old Crafts

Clay pottery, weaving and making grass skirts in New Guinea
Series : Australian Colour Diary | Episode : 34 | Year : 1970 | Total Duration : 12 Minutes | Producer : John Martin Jones
Director : Antonio Colacina |
New Guinea people making clay pots on beach, using open fire for baking, kiln built on beach, cutting pandanas for weaving, group of women weaving, preparing and drying pandamas, finished mats, making grass skirt, children stripping grass for weaving, village hut, teaching people how to spin and weave, group of people weaving outside hut.
Access No. 43508 | 6 mins 1 sec | 1970s | Papua New Guinea | © NFSA | Colour |