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HF01-021b
Title Recordings at Gabmadzung, twentythree stories and songs in the style of stories and songs of spirits (dzob mamafe), about people (garagab a dzob) and about fights and wars (dzob a tir) Structure: 0. "Name/theme of the story/song" - Translated name/theme
Description 1.
"Ngaeng ono tuming" - a mythical man - dzob mamafe - Ngaroyana (Adzig), heard from Mpo - [W]
2.
"Ngaeng fisin" - fisin is a navel, umbilical cord. Stories tell about all fisin turning to snakes and sleeping in a house at night, ngaeng fisin is a special keeper of them - dzob mamafe - Ngaroyana (Mpungumping) - [W]
3.
"Afi serok ifur a dzi" - two women are fishing - dzob mamafe - Ngaroyana (Mpungumping) - [W]
4.
"Ngaeng oren wante" - man with a long penis (a mythical figure) - ? - Ngaroyana (Mpungumping), heard from Gowan - [W]
5.
"Mamafe egamor afi naron" - Ghost pierced little woman - ? - Ngaroyana (Mpungumping), heard from Gowan - [W]
6.
"Ngaeng a Mporenan eraraung ariran" - The Mporenan men competed with each other - garagab a dzob - Ngaroyana (Mpungumping), heard from Mpes - [W]
7.
"Dzob a tir" - stories about fights and wars - dzob a tir - Ngaroyana (Mpungumping), heard from Boano - [W]
8.
"Boagam esab a dzob" - story about Boagam (men's name) - Ngaroyana, heard from Boano - [W]
9./10./11.
"Nogon" - a form of sorcery - ? - Ngaroyana (Mpungumping), heard from Goan - [W]
12./13.
"Ngarotsaneang waer" - a caterpillar with skin looking itchy from a mountain to the North of the Markham Valley - ? - Ngaroyana (Mpungumping) - [W]
14.
"Sa aom" - spear magic - Ngaroyana - [W]
15.
"Sa idzum" - dog magic - Ngaroyana - [W]
16./17.
"Singing of Gone" - ? - ? - Ngaroyana - [W]
18./19.
"Singing of Boagam" - singing of Boagam (men's name) - Ngaroyana - [W]
20.
"Gowan esab" - Gowan (men's name) the elder - Ngaroyana (Mpunguming) - [W]
21.
"Parag ari Ganteb a dzob" - story of Ganteb (men's name) - ? - Ngaroyana, heard from Boano - [W]
22.
"Sa yami" - rain magic - Ngaroyana - [W]
23.
"Feog a dzob" - story of Feog (a man of Feref clan in a cycle of stories. His son Ginug is said to have died in Munun in the sixties) - Ngaroyana - [W]
Origination date 1965-10-19
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Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/HF01/021b
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Hans Fischer
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DOI 10.26278/5b72fcfd92158
Cite as Hans Fischer (collector), 1965. Recordings at Gabmadzung, twentythree stories and songs in the style of stories and songs of spirits (dzob mamafe), about people (garagab a dzob) and about fights and wars (dzob a tir) Structure: 0. "Name/theme of the story/song" - Translated name/theme. MPEG/WAV/JPEG/TIFF. HF01-021b at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5b72fcfd92158
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Collection Information
Collection ID HF01
Collection title Hans Fischer recordings
Description Hans Fischer was formerly Director of the Museum für Völkerkunde and Professor of Socio-cultural anthropology (Ethnologie), University of Hamburg. He began fieldwork in New Guinea in 1958 in villages the lower Watut River and among the Anga-speaking Jeghuje on the Banir River. After brief initial visits to the Wampar area, he conducted longer fieldwork in Gabmadzung in 1965, then again in 1971/72, 1976, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999/2000, 2003/04 and 2009. The recordings in the collection were made in 1958, 1965 and 1971/72. His research covered various topics: settlement and household organization, kinship, language and oral traditions, and material culture including, for example, string figures.
Some of the recorded texts have been used in the following publications:
1959 Ethnographica von den Kukukuku (Ost-Neuguinea). In: Baessler-Archiv, N.F. 7: 99-122.
1960 Fadenspiele vom unteren Watut und Banir River (Ost-Neuguinea). In: Baessler-Archiv, N.F. 8: 171-213.
1961 Das Tonbandgerät in der völkerkundlichen Feldforschung. In: Tribus 10: 107-114.
1961 Spiele der Watut (Ost-Neuguinea). In: Veröffentlichungen des Museums für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig 11: 141-152.
1962 Oberflächenfunde und rezente Töpferei am unteren Watut River (Ost-Neuguinea). In: Abhandlungen und Berichte des Staatlichen Museums für Völkerkunde Dresden 21: 23-33.
1962 Einige linguistische Indizien des Kulturwandels in Nordost-Neuguinea. In: Sociologus, N.F. 12: 18-36.
1963 Watut. Notizen zur Kultur eines Melanesierstammes in Nordost-Neuguinea. (Kulturgeschichtliche Forschungen, 10. Band). Braunschweig: Albert Limbach. (290 S., 54 Fig., 31 Abb.).
1964 Cargo-Kulte und die "Amerikaner". In: Sociologus, N.F. 14: 17-30.
1965 Studien über Seelenvorstellungen in Ozeanien. München: Klaus Renner. (432 S.).
1966 Cargo-Ideen. In: Anthropos 61: 49-97.
1966 Wampet, Mumeng und Labu: Drei kurze Wörterlisten. In: Anthropos 61: 878-883.
1968 Negwa. Eine Papua-Gruppe im Wandel. München: Klaus Renner. (493 S., 123 Fig., 35 Tab., Fotos, Karten).
1968 Archäologische Funde und Beobachtungen vom Tauri-Oberlauf Neuguineas. In: Abhandlungen und Berichte des Staatlichen Museums für Völkerkunde Dresden 28: 73-81.
1975 Gabsongkeg 71. Verwandtschaft, Siedlung und Landbesitz in einem Dorf in Neuguinea. (Hamburger Reihe zur Kultur- und Sprachwissenschaft, Band 10). München: Kommissionsverlag Klaus Renner. (485 S.).
1975 Namen als ethnographische Daten. In: Siegfried Wolf zum 65. Geburtstag. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Staatlichen Museums für Völkerkunde Dresden 34: 629-654.
1987 Heilserwartung. Geister, Medien und Träumer in Neuguinea. Frankfurt/ New York: Campus. (194 S., 21 Abb., 2 Karten).
1992 (Hg) Materialien zur Kultur der Wampar, Papua New Guinea. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer. Ab Band 1.
1992 Weisse und Wilde. Erste Kontakte und Anfänge der Mission (Materialien zur Kultur der Wampar, Papua New Guinea, 1). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer. (230 S.).
1994 Geister und Menschen. Mythen, Märchen und neue Geschichten. (Materialien zur Kultur der Wampar, Papua New Guinea, 2). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer. (374 S.).
1996 Der Haushalt des Darius. Über die Ethnographie von Haushalten. (Materialien zur Kultur der Wampar, Papua New Guinea, 3). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer. (263 S., 17 Fig., 3 Karten, 4 Tabellen, 41 Fotos auf 17 Tafeln).
2000 Wörter und Wandel. Ethnographische Zugänge über die Sprache. (Materialien zur Kultur der Wampar, Papua New Guinea, 7). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag. (313 S.).

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