Fieldwork Report: Malagan Ritual Art on Tabar, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, 1982–84

Author(s)
Gunn, Michael
Title
Fieldwork Report: Malagan Ritual Art on Tabar, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, 1982–84
Publication Type
Project Report
Language
eng
Location
Papua New Guinea
Keywords
malanggan Tabar New Ireland
Relevance to ICH Safeguarding
documentation education intangible-tangible interface heritage management transmission
ICH Genre
performing arts: music performing arts: dance festive events oral tradition
Description
A fieldwork report based on the author's PhD thesis. Malagan ritual art traditions of New Ireland have not been considered in terms relevant to the New Irelanders themselves. This report documents the malagan ritual art traditions of Tabar, which is acknowledged as the traditional source of malagan, and analyses malagan following the wishes of Tabar Islanders themselves. Two series of ritual ceremonies are described, a mortuary series and a commemorative one. Over 450 malagan descriptions are recorded. Social and cultural connections are described, and then the Indigenous taxonomic structure is presented and analysed.
Date of Publication
1993[unpublished]
Academic Field
anthropology ritual studies
Community/Ethnic Group
Tabar
Contributor
Papua New Guinea National Cultural Commission
Active Contribution
Papua New Guinea, FY 2024
Data Collection Project