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DKH01-011_kamao
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Title Kamao ‘Bandicoot’
Description The bandicoot (Echymipera rufescens) is one of the few marsupials that is also hunted by women, often hit with a stick when spotted in the bush close to the village.
The final design of this string figure resembles the pointed nose of a bandicoot. After this, the figure-maker goes on to make the bandicoot’s stick nest. The animal now needs to be killed, so the string figure-maker cracks his or her knuckles to make a cracking sound, which represents breaking the bandicoot’s neck.
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02: ‘bandicoot’s pointed nose’
Origination date 2018-08-09
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/DKH01/011_kamao
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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

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Originating university
Operator Tina Gregor
Data Categories
Data Types MovingImage
Discourse type
Roles Darja Munbaŋgoapik : performer
Ana Andimaŋ : performer
DOI 10.26278/463Q-9K88
Cite as Darja Hoenigman (collector), Darja Munbaŋgoapik (performer), Ana Andimaŋ (performer), 2018. Kamao ‘Bandicoot’ . JPEG/MP4/MXF/TIFF. DKH01-011_kamao at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/463Q-9K88
Content Files (4)
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DKH01-011_kamao-01.jpg image/jpeg 645 KB
DKH01-011_kamao-01.mp4 video/mp4 281 MB 00:03:48.842
DKH01-011_kamao-01.mxf application/mxf 2.74 GB
DKH01-011_kamao-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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