LAKWAHARU DANCE, TUPUSELEI VILLAGE

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 17179).

Synopsis

ACTUALITY. Lakwaharu men and women from Tupuselei village, Papua, perform a dance (67ft).

Note: Almost certainly filmed at the "durbar" of the Central Division tribes organised by Capt. Francis Rickman Barton at Port Moresby in 1904.

 

Titles

  • LAKWAHARU DANCE, TUPUSELEI VILLAGE
 

Technical Data

Year:
1904
Running Time:
1 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
73 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Company
Gaumont Company
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