IDNO

T.148857.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "S.P. 13 Raiatea. Lagoon Fishing. 35mm.
29. The three children in canoe some being towed, others going out entrance in reef, others in lagoon." [Poignant's manuscript]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; French Polynesia; Society Islands; Raiatea; Oropiro

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

pre March 1969

Collection Name

Poignant Collection

Source

Poignant, Roslyn

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.148696.RPT - T.152693.RPT were located in the drawer file of transparency sheets, numbered C1021/.

T.149126.RPT - T.149148.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/8.

Similar image: Similar image published in Poignant, A. and Poignant, R. 1976. Children of Oropiro. London: Angus and Robertson, p.18.

Bibliographical reference: Poignant, A. and Poignant, R. 1976. Children of Oropiro. London: Angus and Robertson, p.18-19. This extract is from a children's book about children named Eti, Timi, and Sylviane and their life in Raiatea: "The friends had not gone far before they came upon a canoe drawn up on the beach.
'That's the quickest way home,' joked Timi, pointing to the canoe.
'Oh! We can't take that,' said Sylviane.
But her brother thought it was a good idea. 'We'll only borrow it,' he argued. 'It's very calm and we can paddle out to the reef on the way.'
'Sylviane needn't come if she doesn't want to,' he added slyly.
Poor Sylviane watched silently as the boys rushed to push the canoe into the water. She didn't want to walk home alone. Then, at the last moment, Timi turned and called to her: 'Oh, come on Sylviane! Or we really will leave you behind!'
'You take the paddle,' Eti told Timi, 'You're the strongest.'
It was hard work. The current was strong and near the opening in the reef they could feel the heavy swell of the open sea. It really was a long way, and when they reached the reef Timi was glad to let the canoe drift in the shallow water over the coral.
Not far away there was a motu, or tiny islet, which had formed on the reef near the passage. In this sheltered spot the lagoon was particularly clear and the three were so completely absorbed in watching the teeming coral life below that they failed to notice a storm approaching." [KK 03/01/2023]