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A Study of Tongan panpipes with a speculative interpretation
Ethnos • 39 • Published In 1974 • Pages: 102-128
By: Kaeppler, Adrienne Lois.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source examines the Tongan panpipe, which was used in Tonga for only a limited period of time, apparently from late prehistory into the eighteenth century. The panpipe is probably a Fijian import and Kaeppler speculates that it may have become popular as a lower class competitor with the nose flute of the aristocracy. Kaeppler discusses the present-day locations of all the Tongan panpipes in ethnographic collections and their provenances, in terms of the early explorers who acquired them. She also discusses the tonal system ot the panpipes and its relation to Tongan aesthetic ideals.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Information sources listed in other works
- Comparative evidence
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Music
- Musical instruments
- Classes
- 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 TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Martin J. Malone; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1964-1967
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1500 B.C.-1800 A.D.
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- Adrienne Lois Kaeppler
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 45053696
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans