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Item details
Item ID
AC1-525
Title Kuanua, songs, Dobu speech
Description SIDE 1: 1. Kuanua, 2. Song, 3. Motu;
Side 2: Police Motu

Original disc held at the National Library of Australia (MS 9275, Album 3, Box 2)
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Additional metadata provided by Steven Gagau (Kuanua speaker), June 2017:

Locations:
Malakuna – combined singing on the beach with other villages of Matupit and Nodup. Location in Rabaul district of Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain

Content:
Kuanua speech in first part; singing by Arove people of Kandrian district New Britain; and last part in Motu language – Words of appreciation about singing in groups of people who have come together to share traditional songs to visitors in a ceremony / get together.

Item Title indicates Dobu speech, but my interpretation is that it is Motu; requires further confirmation.

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Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/AC1/525
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Collector
Arthur Capell
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Language as given Kuanua, Motu
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Dialect
Region / village E. New Britain Island; Central Province

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Originating university University of Sydney
Operator Julia Colleen Miller
Data Categories
Data Types Sound
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DOI 10.4225/72/57D18B0F9A5DE
Cite as Arthur Capell (collector). Kuanua, songs, Dobu speech. MPEG/WAV/JPEG/TIFF. AC1-525 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/57D18B0F9A5DE
Content Files (8)
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Collection Information
Collection ID AC1
Collection title Arthur Capell recording collection
Description Recordings from a wide range of languages across South-east Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, North America and Europe.
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Edit access Aidan Wilson
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Data access conditions Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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