KOITA DANCES

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 21484).

Synopsis

ACTUALITY. Men and women of the Koita tribe, Papua, perform a drumming dance. The dancers are possibly from the villages of Pari, Akorogo and Kila Kila (54ft) Note: Almost certainly filmed at the "durbar" of the Central Division tribes organised by Capt. Francis Rickman Barton at Port Moresby in 1904.

 

Titles

  • KOITA DANCES
 

Technical Data

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

Production Credits

Production Company
Gaumont Company