Item details
Item ID
DKH01-046_taka_kunma
Title Taka kunma ‘Possum’s tail’
Description Taka (Spilocuscus maculatus) is one of the many types of possums on Awaikay land, collectively called pawia meŋgea ‘the red meat’. Taka is a smaller white possum. Some Awiakay call this figure taka tisay ‘possum’s anal glands’, others taka kunma ‘possum’s tail’, which wriggles away as the string figure-maker pulls the final figure. It is possible that this figure used to be connected with another one (or had another part to it) which would be associated with possum’s anal gland, but that with time that one became forgotten. All adult possums have a specific odour, which they produce in their anal glands. While some people are disgusted by it, they say that in the past the big men would collect the matter produced in possum’s glands and smear their skin with it.

Images:
02: taka kunma ‘possum’s tail’, final design
03: possum’s tail loosening
04: taka tenja ‘young white possum’ (Spilocuscus maculatus)
Origination date 2018-08-16
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/DKH01/046_taka_kunma
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Collector
Darja Hoenigman
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Language as given Awiakay
Subject language(s)
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Dialect Awiakay
Region / village Oceania
Originating university
Operator Tina Gregor
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Data Types MovingImage
Discourse type
Roles Daglas Kondomap : performer
DOI 10.26278/3N5Y-SN57
Cite as Darja Hoenigman (collector), Daglas Kondomap (performer), 2018. Taka kunma ‘Possum’s tail’. JPEG/MP4/MXF/TIFF. DKH01-046_taka_kunma at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/3N5Y-SN57
Content Files (8)
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DKH01-046_taka_kunma-01.jpg image/jpeg 692 KB
DKH01-046_taka_kunma-01.mp4 video/mp4 28.7 MB 00:00:23.125
DKH01-046_taka_kunma-01.mxf application/mxf 365 MB
DKH01-046_taka_kunma-01.tif image/tiff 68.7 MB
DKH01-046_taka_kunma-02.jpg image/jpeg 648 KB
DKH01-046_taka_kunma-02.tif image/tiff 68.7 MB
DKH01-046_taka_kunma-03.jpg image/jpeg 47.6 KB
DKH01-046_taka_kunma-03.tif image/tiff 1.97 MB
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Collection Information
Collection ID DKH01
Collection title Awiakay string figures
Description Recordings of Awiakay string figures
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Access Information
Edit access Tina Gregor
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Data access conditions Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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