IDNO

T.148938.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "S.P. 16 Raiatea. Temahani & Tiare Apetahi.
9. Turo wears his crown of Tiare Apetahi." [Poignant's manuscript]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; French Polynesia; Society Islands; Raiatea; Mount Temehani

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Turo

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

?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.148928.RPT - T.148951.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/11.

Context: Tiare apetahi (lobiace flower of the Campanulaceae family) has a distinctive shape, with a half-corolla with five petals. It is the endemic flower of Raiatea Island, in the Leeward Islands archipelago of French Polynesia, and only grows in a specific place on the island, the Temehani Mount. [Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/moana/tiare-flower-symbol-of-polynesia/, CO 28/06/2021]

Publication: Image published in Kernohan, K. 2023. A Pacific Journey: caring for the Poignant photographic collection. University of Cambridge Museums Blog with the caption: "A portrait of Turo, Farika’s husband. Photo by Axel Poignant in Raiatea in 1969." [source: https://www.museums.cam.ac.uk/blog/2023/02/15/a-pacific-journey-caring-for-the-poignant-photographic-collection/ KK 14/08/2023]