IDNO

T.148905.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "S.P. 15 Raiatea. Making Medicine, Humete. 35mm.
Sequence for making emdicine [sic. medicine] runs 27 2o [sic. to] 37 then 1 to 8. See notes for details.
7. The red berries of the Tohe Tupou (Geophila herbacea - a small rampant ground plant) have been added and pounded." [Poignant's manuscript]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; French Polynesia; Society Islands; Raiatea

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Enriette

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.148904.RPT - T.148927.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/10.

Bibliographical reference: Poignant, A. and Poignant, R. 1976. Children of Oropiro. London: Angus and Robertson, p.13. This extract is from a children's book about children named Eti, Timi, and Sylviane and their life in Raiatea: "When the season was right, Mother and the other women gathered the figs, sweet - smelling herbs, berries, leaves, and aromatic bark, to make a medicine for stomach - ache. All day long they would quietly gossip while they squeezed the juices and pounded the ingredients into a fine mulch. Then they mixed this thoroughly with water and strained it to make a dark, red, bitter drink." [KK 23/03/2023]