IDNO

T.68808.MFL

Description

A policeman, wearing a blue beret standing on the balcony of a building, handing ?bridewealth to a "hat man" standing on the grass below, wearing a peaked cap with a red band, a white tee shirt and a red laplap. The arm of a colonial official, annotated as a kiap, is emerging from the balcony. [Mark Elliott 10/03/04]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Sandaun Province; Sepik; Nuku

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

26 June 1967

Collection Name

Macfarlane Collection

Source

Macfarlane, Alan

Format

Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.67481 to T.68999 and T.74937 to T.74998 were found in the box now numbered C494/.
T.68802 to T.68825 were found in the plastic slide sheet now numbered C494/67/.

Context: “Kiap”, along with “patrol officer”, was a generic name for the Australian administraton’s field officers. Kiap is a tok pisin word which means something like "captain" [source: http://www.exkiap.net] [Mark Elliott 10/03/04]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program One. [Mark Elliott 10/03/04].