Details

Latitude

-17

Longitude

168.5

Start Date

1978-03-01

End Date

1978-03-01

20 standard format color slides scanned at 4800 DPI on EpsonV800 flatbed scanner +Enclosed sheet of info for 20 slides PC1-39-00: 1. John Frederick Arudingi with read of head section of gaisura as Sari Tangwata, Maewo. 2. Boy playing at na ole, Umlongko, Maewo. 3. East Coast of Maewo (Tasmauri). 4. Men performing waswas tambia songs the morning after a memorial feast. 5. Jeffry Uli (left, in blue shirt) recording traditional stories in a nakamal at Maewo, Ngota village. 6. Detail of na ole costume, man from Qatiaqoli Maewo. 7. Men listening to playback of waswas tambia, same as No. 4. 8. Jeffery Uli 9. Adolescent was Na Ole costume. (Not yet full custom?) 10. George Boe. At the time (June 1977) head of council of chiefs with flag he designed. Compare with door in No.19. 11. J-F Ardingi with newly made irrigated taro garden near Ngota, Maewo. 12. Old Silas with “American Tommy-hawk blong blifo.” Used as a dance implement. 13. Peter Crowe with members of Ngariamel at Tanafo.['Tanafo' is most likely a typo, the intended word is probably 'Fanafo'] 14. Old Silas was aurling tendril used to encouraging tusks to grow similarly on pigs. 15. Tagaro’s “tambia blong kava” at Gobio, Maewo. 16. Old Dick with some of his irrigated taro, Kerebei, Maewo. 17. George Boe inspects Tagaro’s “writing” at Gobio, Maewo Rather tabmu, but George says okay for you to see in New Zealand. ['tabmu' is most likely a typo, the intended word is probably 'tambu'] 18. Man with two combs with hair from his son and daughter applied with natural gum. 19. Jeffery Uli, his and his father. The sasa indicated rank in Qat Barqu society. 20. Dancers perform extract from Qat Baraqu (public section) rites for Maewo flag day. Compare slide No. 10. PC1-39-03: Tasmauri PC1-39-05, PC1-39-08 and PC1-39-19 depicts Jeffery Uli who worked closely with Crowe on The Oral Traditions Project, Uli also continued making recordings long after Crowe left Vanuatu. Recordings made by/of Jeffrey Uli are in the VKS2 collection. (In the VKS2 collection Jeffery is referred to by both his shortened surname and full surname ‘Jeffery Uli Meruana’) PC1-39-17 as mentioned in PC1-39-00, 'Tambu' in Bislama is similar to 'taboo'. Notes by Lachlan Thompson, 22.06.2023.

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