Salt Water Manus people (Admiralty Islands) garamuts and other traditional songs in Percy Cochrane collection
- Bib ID:
- 8151109
- Format:
- Audio
- Access Conditions:
- Access to be determined.
- Description:
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- 1960
- 1 audiotape reel (approximately 13 min.) : analog
- Series:
- Percy Cochrane collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording.
Songs of the Salt Water Manus people or sea gypsies who spend major part of their lives in sea-going canoes.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Single Garamut playing a summons to the Council
- - 2. Multiple Garamut
- 3. Invitation to Feast sung by two elders with Garamuts
- 4. The Garamuts complete a dance movement - shout
- 5. Garamut's counting out the food for a feast
- 6. A song of mourning without Garamuts
- 7. New house
- 8. Meri Massalai
- 9. Shark incant
- 10. Ghost song - For night
- 11. War chant
- 12. Victory song.
- Notes:
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- Recorded 1960? in Papua New Guinea.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Summary not yet available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Cochrane, Percy, 1907-1980, recordist, narrator
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Percy Cochrane collection.
This collection contains 11 records. - Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2030 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1960
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