Sawango Ritual

Unpublished recording collected by the ethnologist Bernard Juillerat during a mission in Australian New Guinea in 1970. These are music and songs, in particular rituals among the Biami and the Amanab in the district of West Sepik.
Archivist's Original Title
Sawango Ritual
Rite sawango
Original description
en Unpublished recording collected by the ethnologist Bernard Juillerat during a mission in Australian New Guinea in 1970. These are music and songs, in particular rituals among the Biami and the Amanab in the district of West Sepik.
Time duration
00:04:41
Recording date of the original material
1970
Acquisition Date
1972
Population
Amanab
Place of the cultural origin
Country Name
Resource Language
Amanab
Comment
Cet item correspond à la pièce V de la documentation : «2 trompes, tambours-sabliers, étuis frappant sur ceinture d'os, sonnailles métalliques - rite sawano; fin thérapeutique, dédié aux esprits sawango, fin : conversation.» (BM.72.8.5)
Tags, Keywords
Ritual
Archivist Category
en Music
Recording context
en Field recording
Instrument, Original Archivist Data
Trumpet
Drum beat
Cowbells
Instrument (Supplementary/Annotated Data)
Pup;Anba
Collector
Name of original Collection
Musiques et chants de Nouvelle-Guinée australienne, 1970.
http://archives.crem-cnrs.fr/archives/collections/534/
History of ownership
Recording archived at Musée de l'Homme by B. Juillerat in 1972, photos and objects preserved at Musée du quai Branly, Paris.
Holding Institution of Original Materials
Copyright Information
CC BY-NC-ND
Physical format
en Magnetic tape
Preservation State of Physical Object
Copy : Juillerat, Bernard. Diamètre : 13 cm; vitesse d'enregistrement : 19 cm/s; LD.
Original item number
CNRSMH_I_1972_008_005_05
SEAH Identifier
SEAH_CNRSMH_I_1972_008_005_05
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