Item details
Item ID
WM2-001d
Title A Bit Na Ta - Assorted photos
Description The various photos include;

1. Head and neck dressing to be worn with body adornment materials from natural plants, fabrics and paint, special leaves, bird and chicken feathers, masks as traditional dressing for ceremonial dancers. Also ceremonial feasting of raw food on bamboo beds and participants.

2. Natural landscapes and seascape views including beehive shaped islands known as 'davapia' in Blanche Bay.

3. Historical accounts by Gideon Kakabin explaining the arrival of Methodist Church to New Britain by George Brown and the Fijian missionaries on New Britain.

(David Bridie & Steven Gagau, June 2025)
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Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/001d
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David Bridie
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Region / village Blanche Bay, Gazelle Peninsula, East New Britain Province
Originating university University of Sydney
Operator Jodie Kell
Data Categories primary text
Data Types StillImage
Discourse type report
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DOI 10.26278/9j15-rv82
Cite as David Bridie (collector). A Bit Na Ta - Assorted photos. JPEG/TIFF. WM2-001d at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/9j15-rv82
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Collection Information
Collection ID WM2
Collection title Wantok Musik Foundation (WMF) - Music Label Recordings of Oceania Region.
Description The Wantok Musik Foundation is an Australian-based not-for-profit Music Label that records, releases and promotes culturally infused music from Indigenous Australia, Melanesia and Oceania. The brand “Wantok Musik” is a Melanesian term that reflects talking with a common language “one talk” although in the diverse cultures of the region that may have different sounds, different beats, different instruments, the music we all share is common and singing about the same things such as our history, our lore, our education, our hurts, our joys, our injustices, our struggles, our lives, our communities and our stories. This Collection preserves rich musical talents and artists of the Oceania region where the Wantok Musik Label through album recordings and collaborative projects has fostered cross-cultural initiatives and exchange. Through music and language within the diverse cultures of the region, we hear, share and learn about entertainers, performers and artistic and creative expressions where over the years, the Wantok Musik label has recorded, released and promoted of music from First Nation Australia, Melanesia and Oceania. Wantok Musik promotes local and international profile of First Nation and world music groups based in the region by supporting and providing greater economic opportunity for artists, long-term career sustainability at the same time by managing the various activities addresses social issues with creative and culturally focused approaches.
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Access Information
Edit access Mihka Chee
David Bridie
View/Download access Mihka Chee
David Bridie
Data access conditions Closed (subject to the access condition details)
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