[Record 17; Parts 3-4] Melville Island and Delissaville, NT

Archive Collections / Professor Adolphus Peter Elkin / Series AA86/1 / [Record 17; Parts 3-4] Melville Island and Delissaville, NT

Side 1 (Part 3) [NB6523A; FSX196; PRX2709; Tape 23]

  • Cut 1. The Extraordinary or Long Call of Tiwi Islands (recorded on Melville Island). Sung at the erection of grave posts.

  • Cut 2. Song of Mourning (sung by Sepnauti Tjipungundi, a Melville Island man).

  • Cut 3. A Mourning Song (sung by an unnamed Melville Island woman for her husband).

    Side 2 (Part 4) [NB5556A; FSX197; PRX2709; Tape 23]

  • Cut 1. Melville Island Mourning Song and Invocation.

  • Cut 2. Final Mourning Ceremony of Wogaitj (recorded at Delissaville). Ceremony held for a deceased woman named Mabalung.

CreatorProfessor Adolphus Peter Elkin
ControlAA86/1/2
Date Range05 January, 1950  -  05 January, 1950
Series AA86/1