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Pan-pipes in Polynesia

journal of the Polynesian Society50Published In 1941 • Pages: 173-184

By: Buck, Peter Henry (Te Rangi Hīroa).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source contains descriptions of 5 pan-pipes from Tonga that the author examined in museum collections. The author compares the pipes with similar instruments from Samoa and other parts of the southern Pacific area. The author makes sweeping statements about migration and diffusion based on very little data and the main usefulness of this source is in its descriptions of pan-pipes rather than in its theoretical arguments.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Historical and archival research
Comparative evidence
Acculturation and culture contact
Knots and lashings
Musical instruments
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Tongans
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2006
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Oceania
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Polynesia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Physician
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Eleanor C. Swanson; 1978
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1830-1930
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Tonga
NotesAdditional notes
By Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter H. Buck)
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
08012644
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Tongans