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Clip description
A small group of young Aboriginal men demonstrate a shake-a-leg dance on the beach at Murray Island. They perform this dance in the same location where Haddon recorded the Torres Strait Islander men’s dance.
Curator’s notes
It was believed Haddon filmed only Torres Strait Islander men, but at the end of the reel Haddon recorded a dance performance by a small group of young Aboriginal men who travelled over to Murray Island from the mainland in a bêche-de-mer (sea cucumber) fishing boat.
