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1994.15.1250

Drawing in pencil and green and brown pencil of Kurtachi village and slit gongs [SM 07/05/2008]

1994.15.1250

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Collection type
Object
Description
Drawing in pencil and green and brown pencil of Kurtachi village and slit gongs [SM 07/05/2008]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Bougainville Kurtachi
Person
Maker Kakari
Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: 1930
Date collected
By 1975
Acquisition information
Found unentered: 1994
Materials and processes
Material Paper Plant, Material Pencil, Material Pigment, Process Drawn
Dimensions
Width: max 255 mm, Length: max 314 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1994.15.1250
Research and responses

Beatrice Blackwood writes: 'The slit-gong is the most important of the sound-producing instruments known to these people. It serves not only for dances, but also for conveying information. It is used over the whole of Buka and Bougainville.' See section on musical instruments p.406-410 of 'Both Sides of the Buka Passage'.

See Plate 9 of 'Both Sides of the Buka Passage' for photograph of Kakari.

Associated publications
See Plate 9 of 'Both Sides of the Buka Passage' for photograph of Kakari.

Search terms: Picture and Graphic Art, Drawing, Musical Instrument, House

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