Item details
Item ID
DKH01-002_aiwa
Title aiwa ‘White cockatoo’
Description This string figure represents white cockatoos (Sulphur-crested Cockatoo; Cacatua galerita). This string figure represents white cockatoos (Sulphur-crested Cockatoo; Cacatua galerita). White cockatoos are not eaten, and are one of very few bird species that the Awiakay sometimes keep as pets.
White cockatoo frequently occurs as a character in Awiakay myths. Its feathers are used as head decoration. During the all-night song/dance cycle called Kaunjambi the singers/dancers who put white cockatoo’s feathers into their hair are believed to become spirits of the ancestors (for more on that song cycle see Hoenigman 2015a: 197-253).
When this string figure is finished and the design representing white cockatoos emerges, another move is made and the white cockatoos are said to fly away.
Images:
01: Darja Munbaŋgoapik showing the final design ‘white cockatoos’
02: Darja Munbaŋgoapik showing white cockatoos who’ve flown away
rita). White cockatoos are not eaten, and are one of very few bird species that the Awiakay sometimes keep as pets.
Origination date 2018-11-05
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/DKH01/002_aiwa
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Collector
Darja Hoenigman
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Language as given Awiakay
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Dialect Awiakay
Region / village Oceania
Originating university
Operator Tina Gregor
Data Categories
Data Types MovingImage
Discourse type
Roles Lesina Jipanda : performer
DOI 10.26278/QEJV-J965
Cite as Darja Hoenigman (collector), Lesina Jipanda (performer), 2018. aiwa ‘White cockatoo’. JPEG/MP4/MXF/TIFF. DKH01-002_aiwa at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/QEJV-J965
Content Files (6)
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DKH01-002_aiwa-01.jpg image/jpeg 745 KB
DKH01-002_aiwa-01.mp4 video/mp4 63.4 MB 00:00:51.371
DKH01-002_aiwa-01.mxf application/mxf 683 MB
DKH01-002_aiwa-01.tif image/tiff 68.7 MB
DKH01-002_aiwa-02.jpg image/jpeg 724 KB
DKH01-002_aiwa-02.tif image/tiff 68.7 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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