Instrument, wind, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik Rive

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Item X 32416 Kul or Kwi | Trumpet. Iatmul. Middle Sepik River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. pre 1919

Summary

Sound producing objects are important in song cycles and ceremonial occasions. For the Iatmul, the most important are wood trumpets such as this one (named 'kul' or 'kwi') as well as slit gongs ('simi', 'wagin'), hand drums ('kwang-gu') and flutes ('kain', 'wabikein').

Local Name

Kul or Kwi

Physical Description

A wooden trumpet. The carved head, mosr likely that of the flying fox - Barry Craig War Trophies and Curios pg. 58 [Jhadfield June 2025]

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Object/Medium

Trumpet
Maker

Unknown
Cultural Groups

Iatmul
Locality

Middle Sepik River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Date Produced

pre 1919
Date Collected

c.1919
Object Measurements

440 mm (Length), 75 mm (Width), 75 mm (Height), 70 mm (Outside Diameter)
Keywords

Music, Instrument, wind
Collection Names

War Museum Collection
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Pacific Cultures

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Item X 32416 Kul or Kwi | Trumpet. Iatmul. Middle Sepik River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. pre 1919

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