MAGINOGO DANCING

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 13261).

Synopsis

ACTUALITY. Record of maginogo dancing by men and women of the Koita tribe. In the background a boy attempts to climb a greasy pole (45ft).

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

 

Titles

  • MAGINOGO DANCING (Archive)
 

Technical Data

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

Production Credits

Production Company
Gaumont Company
 

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