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DKH01-016_kapay
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Title Kapay ‘Small knife’
Description This string figure represents a small knife. While metal knives were first brought to Kanjimei in the 60s and 70s by patrol officers and by Awiakay men who returned from work on plantations, traditional knives were made from bamboo. The older men report that these bamboo knives were so sharp that men could shave with them. The Awiakay term kapay remained in use for the newly-introduced small metal knives, however, it is likely that this string figure originated before contact.
At a certain stage in the making of this knife, the string figure maker asks another person to hold the strings, however, this is not necessary, and skilled makers can do it by themselves. When the ‘knife’ emerges, the figure maker moves the design repeatedly, saying the knife is cutting fish.
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02: kapay ‘small knife’, final design
Origination date 2018-08-15
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/DKH01/016_kapay
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Collector
Darja Hoenigman
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Countries
Papua New Guinea - PG
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Language as given Awiakay
Subject language(s)
Content language(s)
Tok Pisin - tpi
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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
Jeslin Apinda : performer
Mekslin Molaŋgime : performer
DOI 10.26278/NY3S-1550
Cite as Darja Hoenigman (collector), Darja Munbaŋgoapik (performer), Jeslin Apinda (performer), Mekslin Molaŋgime (performer), 2018. Kapay ‘Small knife’ . JPEG/MP4/MXF/TIFF. DKH01-016_kapay at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/NY3S-1550
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DKH01-016_kapay-01.jpg image/jpeg 749 KB
DKH01-016_kapay-01.mp4 video/mp4 169 MB 00:02:16.811
DKH01-016_kapay-01.mxf application/mxf 1.79 GB
DKH01-016_kapay-01.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
Countries
Papua New Guinea - PG
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Languages
Tok Pisin - tpi
Multiple languages - mul
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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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