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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.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2006
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Polynesia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Martin J. Malone; 1978
- Field Date
- 1964-1967
- Coverage Date
- ca. 1500 B.C.-1800 A.D.
- Coverage Place
- Tonga
- Notes
- Adrienne Lois Kaeppler
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 45053696
- LCSH
- Tongans