Dance - Kiribati

Date: ca 1953

By: Laxton, Paul Beaumont, active 1940s-1950s

Reference: PAColl-4457

Description: Sequence of photographs of a man performing an action song supported by the men and women behind him. He is seated cross-legged on a mat and wears garlands round his head, neck and arms. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: A photocopy with the photographs describes them as from a film lent to C R H Taylor in 1953 - prints of Film `A' P B Laxton.

Date: [1972]-1994

From: Thomas, Allan, 1942-2010 : Papers

Reference: Series-5975

Description: Draft, annotated, paper entitled 'Dance Costume in Island Polynesia' and 32 slides intended for a conference, 'Under Capricorn: is Art a European Idea?' The conference was held in Wellington 4-6 March 1994. Most slides are numbered but there are numbers missing from the sequence, which runs from number 2 to number 37. It appears that the slides may have been taken from another larger sequence of slides in order to illustrate the lecture, as one of them is labelled 'SPAF 1972' [South Pacific Arts Festival] and another is labelled 'fig. 17'. Title transcribed from item. Title applied to item by Jennifer Shennan prior to transfer to Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 24 colour original transparency/ies. 8 b&w original transparency/ies. Physical Description: 1 folder containing a typescript draft paper with annotations and 24 colour film transparencies and 8 black and white film transparencies in plastic mounts, some with titles handwritten on the mounts. Processing information: Slides have been rehoused from the original PVC slide pockets but kept in the original order.

Date: 1995

From: Thomas, Allan, 1942-2010 : Papers

Reference: MSV-1677

Description: Jennifer Shennan has added to the title on the label, 'Allan Thomas'. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 videocassette(s). Processing information: Description created from the item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing. Protective tab removed before receipt by Library.

Date: 09 Jun 1998 to 19 Jun 1998 - 09 Jun 1998 - 19 Jun 1998

By: Tekenimatang, Makin Corrie, 1930-2012; Shennan, Jennifer, 1945-

Reference: OHColl-0896-01

Description: Life history interview with Makin Corrie Tekenimatang, born on Banaba (Ocean Island) in the Central Pacific in 1930, experienced occupation under the Japanese on Banaba and Kiribati, and under the post-war migration of the total Banaban population, arrived on Rabi Island in Fiji, December 1945. With her husband, Na Karoro Tekenimatang, also from Banaba, she has raised a family of six children, trained as a school teacher at Nasinu Teachers College, Suva and has been a school teacher 1952 to 1986 at Banaban Primary School in Nuku on Rabi, at Napuka junior secondary schools, specialised in Home Economics at Rabi High School and taught with the Women's Interest Group which she founded on Rabi in the mid 1960s. Nei Makin researched and taught te karanga, the traditional dance performed by the Banaban Dancing Group at the first of the quadrennial Pacific Arts Festivals held Suva 1972, and continued to produce that iconic dance for important ceremonial occasions including arts festivals and the South Pacific Games. She was involved with a Land Survey trip to Bananba in 1947 which was part of an official attempt to estimate native landholdings prior to the decades of mining by the British Phosphate Commission and revisited Banaba in 1997 on the Homecoming Trip, her first visit for 50 years. From 1996-2000 Nei Makin served as the first woman member elected to the Rabi Council of Leaders, and in 2005 co-edited a book of stories by Banabans across several generations, which marked the 60th anniverasay of the Banabans'arrival in Rabi, on 15 December 1945. Abstracted by - Beth Thomas Interviewer(s) - Jennifer Shennan and Allan Thomas Accompanying material - Summary of tape content called Makin Corrie Tekenimatang - interview 1998 - Resume Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-016888 - OHC-016901 Quantity: 1 C30 cassette(s). 10 C60 cassette(s). 3 C90 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 12.45 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available edited, OHA-6053. Colour photograph of interviewee with abstract Search dates: 1930 - 1998

Date: [ca 1906]

From: Arundel, Lilian Mary Izod, b 1883 : Photographs of Banaba, Kiribati (formerly known as Ocean Island, Gilbert Islands), Nauru, and Makatea

Reference: PAColl-6044-05

Description: Banaba Islanders performing a dance in front of visitors at Banaba, Kiribati. Queen Tenia'makui is seated in the centre. Photograph taken ca 1906 by Lilian Arundel. Inscriptions: Verso - Native Dance in our honour - the Queen sitting at our feet Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 8.7 x 14 cm

Date: [ca 1906]

From: Arundel, Lilian Mary Izod, b 1883 : Photographs of Banaba, Kiribati (formerly known as Ocean Island, Gilbert Islands), Nauru, and Makatea

Reference: PAColl-6044-09

Description: Banaba Island men in traditional clothing, performing a Karanga dance, at Tabwewa village, Banaba, Kiribati. Photograph taken ca 1906 by Lilian Arundel. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 8.7 x 13.8 cm

Date: [ca 1906]

From: Arundel, Lilian Mary Izod, b 1883 : Photographs of Banaba, Kiribati (formerly known as Ocean Island, Gilbert Islands), Nauru, and Makatea

Reference: PAColl-6044-10

Description: Banaba Islanders performing Te Kabura dance before visitors at Tabwewa village Banaba, Kiribati. Photograph taken ca 1906 by Lilian Arundel. Inscriptions: Verso - Traditional Dance Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 8.7 x 13.7 cm

Date: 1980?

From: Thomas, Allan, 1942-2010 : Papers

Reference: MSV-1682

Description: Label states, 'Kiribati at Port Moresby 1980 + Roderyk Lange film dub' in Allan Thomas' handwriting. Jennifer Shennan has added, 'Pacific Arts Festival camera Allan Thomas'. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 videocassette(s). Processing information: Description created from the item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing.

Date: 1998

From: Thomas, Allan, 1942-2010 : Papers

Reference: MSV-1680

Description: Jennifer Shennan has added 'Thomas, Allan' and '1998' to the label. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 videocassette(s). Processing information: Description created from the item label/housing. Item has not been previewed before processing. Protective tab removed before receipt by Library.

Date: 1973-1976

From: Thomas, Allan, 1942-2010 : Papers

Reference: MSV-1678

Description: Full text of label is, 'Banaban Dance Nei Tibeva '73 cf. bino + kamei (2) Kiribati. Karanga '76 cf. Trad Dances K'. Jennifer Shennan has later added 'Allan Thomas'. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 videocassette(s). Processing information: Description created from the item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing. Protective tab removed before receipt by Library.

Date: 3 Nov 2000

From: Brooke-White, Julia Stace, 1942-: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7292-10

Description: Photograph of Kiribati women performing at the 8th Pacific Arts Festival, New Caledonia. Photograph taken 3 November 2000 by Julia Brooke-White. Inscriptions: On slide mount: Kiribati. Fest Village 3.11.2000 8th PAF 8th PAF New Cal. Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies.