Voices of the Mai Spirits
Item
Edited Title
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Malimalila
Archivist's Original Title
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Voices of the Mai Spirits
Original description
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Two men singing each in one tube of bamboo, which act as voice-alterers. The mai spirits are represented by men in masks who hide the bamboo tubes under their costumes. Always paired, the young initiated men wore such masks during a ceremony, which had practicaîly disappeared by the 19605. The text mentions the Sepik River and the floating logs that come down it, as well as men with scarifications. » Hugo Zemp, cf. p.48 of booklet
Time duration
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0:00:49
Recording date of the original material
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1962
Acquisition Date
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1996
Population
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Iatmul
Place of the cultural origin
Country Name
Recording place
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Yentchan, East Sepik Province
Resource Language
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Iatmul
Comment
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Voice CD II - Techniques (continued): Voice and musical instruments a. Singing in the instrument
Archivist Category
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Music (Vocal and instrumental)
Recording context
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Published record
Instrument, Original Archivist Data
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Singing voice
Name of original Collection
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Voices of the World, an Anthology of Vocal Expression (CD)
Collection source citation
Related material
History of ownership
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From the disc "Music of the Middle Sepik", track B14; Musicaphon collection (Musica of Oceania) BM 30 SL 2700, featuring recordings by Robert MacLennan, Fred Gerrits and Gordon Spearritt
Holding Institution of Original Materials
Licensing Institution
Accessing Institutions
Copyright Information
Public Domain
Copyright Notice
For any use, please contact the CREM-LESC (CNRS, Nanterre University, France): see information at https://archives.crem-cnrs.fr
Physical format
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Magnetic tape
Preservation State of Physical Object
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Copy
Original item number
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CNRSMH_E_1996_013_001_002_020
SEAH Identifier
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SEAH_CNRSMH_E_1996_013_001_002_020
