Item details
Item ID
DKH01-010_kamang
Title Kamaŋ ‘Crocodile’
Description This string figure represents a crocodile. There are few crocodiles (Crocodylus novaeguineae) in the upper Konmei Creek past Kanjimei village, but they inhabit lake Muŋam, which is upriver from where Kanjimei village is located, and they sometimes make their way out into the creek. The crocodile is a highly prized kill for its fatty meat, and the Awiakay will sometimes sell the skin of a young crocodile in Angoram or in Wewak.
It is believed that a thunderstorm will arise when someone kills a crocodile in the river, as crocodiles are water spirits
The Awiakay are a society that is closer to the Highlands, and do not have an elaborate crocodile cult like their downriver Karawari neighbours. However the crocodile features prominently in Awiakay mythology.

Images:
02: Darja Munbaŋgoapik showing the final design ‘crocodile’
03: Kamaŋ ‘Crocodile’ (Crocodylus novaeguineae)
Origination date 2018-08-15
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/DKH01/010_kamang
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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
Data Categories
Data Types MovingImage
Discourse type
Roles Darja Munbaŋgoapik : performer
Sipola Wambrumaŋ : performer
DOI 10.26278/1QVB-GF16
Cite as Darja Hoenigman (collector), Darja Munbaŋgoapik (performer), Sipola Wambrumaŋ (performer), 2018. Kamaŋ ‘Crocodile’ . JPEG/MP4/MXF/TIFF. DKH01-010_kamang at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/1QVB-GF16
Content Files (6)
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DKH01-010_kamang-01.jpg image/jpeg 674 KB
DKH01-010_kamang-01.mp4 video/mp4 102 MB 00:01:22.560
DKH01-010_kamang-01.mxf application/mxf 1000 MB
DKH01-010_kamang-01.tif image/tiff 68.7 MB
DKH01-010_kamang-02.jpg image/jpeg 87.9 KB
DKH01-010_kamang-02.tif image/tiff 1.69 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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