Context (CMS Context)
This tape is referenced as 'E 1. NOSE FLUTES and SHELL TRUMPETS. Tongan nose flute. Copy of BBC disc specially recorded at Nuku'alofa. December, 1953; 001-111. Copy of National Geographic disc specially recorded at Nuku'alofa. December, 1953; 115-175. Fijian nose flute; Marika Tivitivi of Nukui, REWA; specially recorded at Suva. July, 1957; 177-288. Fijian shell trumpet. KANDAVU (Rakiraki) (2). October, 1955. 289/310/357. THAKAUNDROVE (Somosomo). June, 1955; 359-376. SERUA (Serua) (4). August, 1957; 380-456. All three specially recorded.' (see Roth's original list, MAA, Doc.385).
25/01/2013
Created by: Lucie Carreau on 25/01/2013

Context (CMS Context)
This audio recording belongs to a series of 20 tapes recorded by George Kingsley Roth in Fiji in the 1950s, on Scotch Magnetic recording tapes, single track, 15min, 600 feet. The tapes record Fijian (and occasionally Tongan) songs and musical instruments and range from live recording, arranged recording and copies of recordings made by the Fiji Broadcasting Commission. The tapes were brought to MAA for safekeeping in 2001 shortly after Mrs Jane Roth's death by Mrs Sue Stobbs, her neighbour. They were digitised by the World Oral Literature Project (WOLP) in 2012 and accessioned into MAA's collection in 2013.
17/01/2013
Created by: maa on 17/01/2013

Description (CMS Description)
Audio recording of nose flutes and shell trumpets, 15 min 51 seconds
1) Nose flute, fangofango - Copy of BBC recording (Library number 20468) made in December 1953 in Nuku'alofa Tonga. Arranged recording [0.21-4.22]
2) Nose flute - Copy of National Geographic disc specially recorded in December 1953 in Nuku'alofa, Tonga. Arranged recording [4.22-6.06]
3) Nose flute played by Marika Tivitivi, aged 74, of Nukui, Rewa, recorded in July 1957, in Suva by the Fiji Broadcasting commission. Arranged recording [6.25-9.20]
4) Shell trumpet. Blowing of the triton shell or davui, at Rakiraki, Kadavu, October 1955. Arranged recording [9.34-9.56]
5) Shell trumpet. Blowing of the triton shell or davui. First it is sounded clearly and well, but the other efforts are rather poor. Rakiraki, Kadavu, October 1955. Arranged recording [10.17-11.06]
6) Shell trumpet. Blowing of the triton shell or davui. Somosomo, Cakaudrove, June 1957. Arranged recording [11.18-11.33]
7) Shell trumpet. Blowing of the triton shell or davui. Serua, August 1957. Arranged recording. Davui ni ika bula [11.48-12.15]; Davui ni mati [12.22-12.37]; Davui ni soqoni [12.40-12.52]; Davui ni cere [12.54-13.11]
17/01/2013
Created by: maa on 17/01/2013