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The Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Strait (1898)


Sound recordists AC Haddon, CS Myers
Vocalist Maino of Yam

Acknowledgements

Audio courtesy of the British Library. A digital access version of the original wax cylinder recordings is held in the collections of the British Library.

The collection features songs and speech from Mer / Murray Island, Mabuiag / Jervis Island, Saibai Island, Tudu Island and Iama / Yam Island.

Copies are also held by AIATSIS as collection BNA 01.