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Hamburg South Seas Expedition

The labelling of the rollers is not uniform, they read: Hamb. Suedsee, Hb SS, Hamb. Buka. For the history of the expedition, see Fischer 1981 and Schindlbeck 2001: The expedition members recorded independently of each other at different locations. W. 1 - 16 were made by Müller-Wismar in Melanesia, W. 17 - 67 by Sarfert in Micronesia, W. 68 - 95 by Hambruch. The expedition was led by Augustin Krämer, who compiled his own collection (cf. Krämer expedition). According to correspondence, the collections were sent to Berlin for galvanisation in 1911 (FE 13). Comments and texts on the photographs are partially available. Correspondence available. Transcriptions of some rollers in Hornbostel (1912b), Herzog (1934) and Schneider (1934b), a monographic treatment of the Caroline recordings with transcriptions and analyses is presented by Herzog (1936). Further documents of the expedition are in the MV in Hamburg.contents: traditional songs and musical instruments, language samples

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Melanesier, Mikronesier
Object type
Audio
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII WS 106

Provenance and sources

when
1908-1909
where
Buka, Bur, Elato, Faraulip, Ifaluk, Mäliel, Mogmog, Murilo, New Pomerania, Ngulu, Palau, Pelelo, Poluat, Satowal, Simpsonhafen, St. Mathias, Sorol, Tobi
Oceania [Kontinent]
Melanesia, Micronesia [Region]
who
Melanesier, Mikronesier
who
Paul Hambruch (de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$Begin@2cce11df - de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$End@307c19f3) - Collectors
Müller, Wilhelm - Collectors
Ernst Sarfert (de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$Begin@5b5b7a81 - de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$End@1ef535c) - Collectors

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