Voices of the Spirits Mai

Item

Edited Title

en Malimalila

Archivist's Original Title

en Voices of the Spirits Mai

Original description

en 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

en 0:00:49

MetadataURL

Recording date of the original material

en 1962

Acquisition Date

en 1996

Population

en Iatmul

Place of the cultural origin

Country Name

Recording place

en Yentchan, East Sepik Province

Resource Language

en Iatmul

Comment

en Voice CD II - Techniques (continued): Voice and musical instruments a. Singing in the instrument

Archivist Category

en Music (Vocal and instrumental)

Recording context

en Published record

Instrument, Original Archivist Data

en Singing voice

Name of original Collection

en Voices of the World, an Anthology of Vocal Expression (CD)

Collection source citation

Related material

History of ownership

en 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

en CC BY-NC-ND

Physical format

en Magnetic tape

Preservation State of Physical Object

en Copy

Original item number

en CNRSMH_E_1996_013_001_002_020

SEAH Identifier

en SEAH_CNRSMH_E_1996_013_001_002_020