Adorn

About this item

Title

Adorn

Content partner

NZ On Screen

Collection

NZ On Screen

Description

Throughout the Pacific hair has long been important — not only expressing the owner's youth and beauty but often signifying status, sexual power and family history. This excerpt from documentary Adorn explores the wearing of elaborate head pieces in Samoa, Hawaii and Tahiti, and the so-called Virgin Locks once worn by young Fijian females. Anything associated with the head is considered sacred. Adorn offers a vibrant collection of Pacific womens' stories, as academics and others explain cultu...

Read more

Format

Video

Date created

2016

URL

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/adorn-2016

Related subjects

braid / yolande ah chong / cook islands / mourning / spirituality / tarisi vunidilo / samoa / myth / legend / adornment / virgin locks / taboo / whale bone / shark teeth / mary autagavaia / te maeva nui / nina tonga / ta'ovala / tuiga / alexander turnbull library / lei / hair / hairstyles / pacific arts / pacific culture / samoan culture / fijian culture / tahiti / rarotonga / customs / family history / tongan culture / headdress / tapu / sexuality / dance / creative nz / afro / model

What is the copyright status of this item?

All Rights Reserved

This item is all rights reserved, which means you'll have to get permission from NZ On Screen before using it.

More Information

NZ On Screen has this to say about the rights status of this item:

All rights reserved

You can learn more about the rights status of this item at: https://www.nzonscreen.com/about/rights_clearance

What can I do with this item?

You must always check with NZ On Screen to confirm the specific terms of use, but this is our understanding:

Non-infringing use

NZ Copyright law does not prevent every use of a copyright work. You should consider what you can and cannot do with a copyright work.

No sharing

You may not copy and/or share this item with others without further permission. This includes posting it on your blog, using it in a presentation, or any other public use.

No modifying

You are not allowed to adapt or remix this item into any other works.

No commercial use

You may not use this item commercially.