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— Ann Darrow warns Carl Denham after seeing the Skull Island girl (King Kong (2005)) |
The indigenous people of Skull Island are a tribe of humans living on Skull Island who first appear in the 2005 film King Kong. They are descended from castaways stranded on the island's shores, and due to the harsh conditions of the island, have apparently forgotten all civility, and live in constant fear of the monsters on the other side of the wall, and when the earth tremors properly, they sacrifice one of their own to Kong.
Appearance
Jackson's Skull Island natives are dark skinned with lank, straight or wavy hair. Some of them have light-colored or red eyes. Most have uneven teeth and are adorned with beads and bones. Having lost the ability to weave during their tenure on Skull Island, their garments were crudely knotted from locks of their own hair.
Culture
Humans had inhabited Skull Island for thousands of years. The first civilization of Skull Island natives dominated the island and built cities and monoliths all throughout it. It is possible that these first colonists brought the ancestors of the Kong with them from their original home. However, due to unknown circumstances, their civilization collapsed, and had been collapsed for at least one thousand years before the Venture's arrival.[1] By that time, the human culture on the island was not even descended from the original islanders. These new arrivals, in adapting to the unforgiving environment of Skull Island lived in the ruins of their predecessors' catacombs, and had regressed considerably. What crude garments they wore were knotted together out of their own hair and bits of bone[2]. Living in the shadow of their predecessors' great wall, the only thing keeping them safe from the horrors of the jungle, the crumbling coastline that lead to the savage waters also claimed its share of their lives. The bravest of their number would tether themselves together with crude ropes and pole-vault between rocks and sunken buildings to hunt for anemones, crabs, shellfish, and seaweed. Because of the scarcity of resources, Skull Islanders were always in fierce competition, and thus what someone else had could be taken by force, and thus the will of the strong prevailed. Their primitive societal structure was governed by a shaman-woman who facilitated sacrifices to Kong. While all the forces of nature were divine and mysterious to the Skull Islanders, none was more powerful than Kong. They believed that by offering him sacrifices timed with tremors in the earth, they might be granted respite from his wrath.[3] The men of their tribe went through facial scarification as a rite of passage, as they formed new identities represented by the markings on their face. The shaman women led the loosely guided tribe through their maternally transferred title, with each one surrounded by acolytes. The girl chosen for sacrifice was taken from her family, who were allowed to make her ceremonial necklace out of hair, feather, and bone, before they were offered, drugged or screaming, to the beast-god.
History
- King Kong (2005)
King Kong
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Technology
Hunting
Living on a rocky piece of land surrounded by ocean and a high wall, the islanders subsist mainly on seafood, including fish and bivalves. Their possible prey also includes small monkeys, whose skulls they wear as ornaments.
Gathering
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Firemaking
Skull Islanders know how to make fire. During the nightly sacrifices to Kong, they make giant fires on the wall, visible from a great distance. In an undated script as well as Christopher Golden's novelization, it is explained that they make these fires by burning oil.[4][5]
Punting
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Camouflage
Cautious and quiet, the islanders hide expertly among the rocks and in empty tombs, able to appear and disappear unexpectedly, especially in the rain and at night.
Books & Short Stories
- King Kong (2005)
- Kong: The 8th Wonder of the World (2007)
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Attractions
- Skull Island: Reign of Kong (2016, Universal's Islands of Adventure)
Comics
King Kong: The 8th Wonder of the World
When Carl Denham's film crew landed on Skull Island, they saw an ancient settlement near a giant wall. Filled with excitement, Denham led his group through the bush to the settlement, where the natives suddenly surrounded them. On the orders of the old shaman woman, who had noticed Ann Darrow, the islanders attacked the film crew and injured several crew members, but Captain Englehorn, Ben Hayes, and their sailors came to the rescue in time and dispersed the frightened natives with shots. The following night, the natives boarded the Venture, killed two sailors and kidnapped Darrow. They tied her to the beams of a wooden bridge and placed her on a stone altar across the ravine on the other side of the wall. Attracted by the call of the natives and the light of the sacrificial fires, Kong emerged from the jungle, and at that moment a rescue party approached the wall and dispersed the islanders.
Gallery
Skull Islanders in King Kong: The 8th Wonder of the World
Trivia
- The actors and extras who played the Skull Islanders came from a variety of races and nationalities: Africans, Asians, Polynesians, and Maoris. Make-up artists darkened their skin using alcohol-based spray paints. The makeup didn't wash off in the rain, and it took the actors 45 minutes to remove it after filming.[6]
References
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