Take No. 154-156 Retort 4
Costume Details
14 boys wear our brown
pareus pants fashion at start of shot.
Except Teheura the action f.g. facing camera
right. He wears our grass skirt. [?]
Teira (not our Teira) who also
wears grass skirt.
Mountain in b.g.
Action
"Somewhere a little away from the village we see a
group of young men preparing for their dance .. putting
wreaths around their ankles, girding their loins,
adorning themselves with flowers, necklets, etc.
The boys quickly put their grass skirts on while Teira
distributed cocoleaf wreaths which they put on their
heads. Teheura gets up + calls to camera right,
waving with his right arm
Comment
The name "Motutapu" in the Location field stands for "Motu Tapu."
Record type
Script Clerk's report
Data Record No.
SCR-550a
SDK page number
550
Sequence
Dance Preparation
No. of Takes
1. 2 3 (4)
Scene No.
154-156
Lens No.
2"
Footage
30. 40. 25. 25
Props on Set
Young man in f.g. who walks in
Location
Motutapu under tree Murnau hut
Date
December 16 1929
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