Torres Strait Islanders: Three dancers (1898)
1898
Torres Strait Islanders: Three dancers (1898)
1898
- NFSA IDGWR4XYFQ
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormActuality
- Duration4 mins, 31 secs
- GenresSilent film, Indigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year1898
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
This clip features a lead dancer in mask and two Dari headdress dancers in the Malu-Bomai Ceremony.
Courtesy of
AC Haddon
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
This clip features a lead dancer in mask and two Dari headdress dancers in the Malu-Bomai Ceremony.
Courtesy of
AC Haddon
- NFSA IDGWR4XYFQ
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormActuality
- Duration4 mins, 31 secs
- GenresSilent film, Indigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year1898
- FilmmakerAC Haddon
by Liz McNiven
This footage was used by the peoples of Murray Island to prove cultural continuity in their historic native title claim over the island.
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