FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

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HNL 1093 : New Guinea

Papua New Guinean children and adults dancing and drumming, most are heavily decorated with large headdresses, feathers etc. White men and women watch as dancers parade past camera. Preparing of pig for cooking in leaves, boys cutting grass.
Access No. 123345 | 2 mins 6 secs | 1930s | Papua New Guinea | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Papua New Guinean boys clean candlesticks supervised by nun. White administrators visiting or inspecting thatched huts, groups of adults & children around ceremonial and living huts. Groups walking through countryside with bushfire. White men arriving by boat. Non indigenous men and women standing with Papua New Guineans.
Access No. 123354 | 3 mins 5 secs | 1930s | Papua New Guinea | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Groups of Papua New Guineans dancing and drumming, most heavily decorated. Preparation of food. Boys & men holding human skulls, displaying body scars. White men drinking from coconuts. Groups paddling long canoes.
Access No. 123355 | 2 mins 16 secs | 1930s | Papua New Guinea | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |