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Pan-pipes in Polynesia

journal of the Polynesian Society • 50 • Published In 1941 • Pages: 173-184

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

Abstract

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.

HRAF PubDate

2006

Region

Oceania

Sub Region

Polynesia

Document Type

article

Evaluation

Creator Types

Physician

Ethnologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

Analyst

Eleanor C. Swanson; 1978

Field Date

no date

Coverage Date

1830-1930

Coverage Place

Tonga

Notes

By Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter H. Buck)

Includes bibliographical references

LCCN

08012644

LCSH

Tongans