DKH01-042_opum - Opum ‘Pigeon’

This string figure represents a pigeon (TP balus). The pigeon most commonly found on Awiakay land is Zoe Imperial Pigeon (Ducula zoeae). Along with several other birds which are occasionally shot for food, pigeon is mentioned in one of the songs of Kaunjambi, the iconic Awiakay all-night song-dance cycle (Hoenigman 2015a: 229). This string figure can be made in two different ways, each involving a transformation from another figure. At the beginning of the video we can see the maker starting with the design of a pig (yay). She then continues ‘to hold the pigeon’ (the name of a certain stage in string figure-making), after which the design of a pigeon (opum) emerges. The second part of the video shows the other way of making the ‘pigeon’, this time starting with the final design of mema injua kumapa ‘the enormous vulva of a dead woman’s spirit’, then transforming it into opum ‘the pigeon’, which is later turned into wanday ‘the chicken’. Images: 02: Darja Munbaŋgoapik showing the final design of opum ‘pigeon’ 03: opum ‘Zoe Imperial Pigeon’ (Ducula zoeae) . Language as given: Awiakay

本绳图造型代表鸽子（TP balus）。阿维亚凯（Awiakay）领地内最常见的鸽类为佐伊皇鸠（Zoe Imperial Pigeon，Ducula zoeae）。与其他偶被猎捕为食的鸟类一道，鸽子被提及于考恩詹比（Kaunjambi）的一首歌谣中——考恩詹比是阿维亚凯极具代表性的彻夜歌舞循环仪式（Hoenigman 2015a: 229）。该绳图造型可通过两种不同路径制作，二者均需基于另一造型完成变形创作。视频开篇可见制作者以猪形造型（yay）作为起始造型，随后执行"持鸽"工序（翻绳制作中的特定步骤名称），最终呈现出鸽子造型（opum）。视频第二部分展示了制作"鸽子"的另一种方式：本次以"mema injua kumapa"（亡妇灵体的巨大阴户）的最终造型为起点，先将其变形为opum"鸽子"，随后再将其转化为wanday"鸡"。影像资料：02：达尔贾·蒙巴ŋ戈阿皮克（Darja Munbaŋgoapik）展示opum"鸽子"的最终造型；03：opum"佐伊皇鸠（Zoe Imperial Pigeon，Ducula zoeae）"。所用语言：阿维亚凯语（Awiakay）