Take No. 159

Costume Details
Matahi. - start of shot.
Our brown pareu pants fashion
no wreath
Roo.. cocoleaf skirt m wreath

(both are oiled)

Action
Matahi sits facing camera right, before back doorway of hut.
Roo sits opposite him helping him on with shell anklets.
Roo gets up + gets cocoleaf wreath from shelf camera left
corner of hut, puts it on Matahi's head, arranges it
3 or 4 ways. Meanwhile several groups of young men
+ girls [?] hurry past camera right to left, seen through
back door. Matahi gets up puts his grass skirt on then
picks up Roo + whirls him high in the air. Then they
hurry out the door + go in the direction the passers-by
have gone.

Notes
Don't Print
(Retaken 12/18/29

3 } numbers in groups
1 } who hurry past
2 } door
2 }
3 }
2 }

Comment
The handwritten descriptions and notes are from David Flaherty. The name "Motutapu" in the Location field stands for "Motu Tapu." The entry "m wreath " in the Costume Details field stands for "metuapua wreath."

Record type
Script Clerk's report

Data Record No.
SCR-544

SDK page number
540

No. of Takes
1. 2. (3)

Scene No.
159

Lens No.
2"

Footage
35. 40.
50 50 60

Location
Motutapu - behind Bob’s house

Date
December 16 1929