IDNO

T.149172.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "S.P. 32. Raiatea. Feast, Gardens, Breadfruit. 35mm.
2. men putting trays of poi into earth oven, breadfruit around outside edge." [Poignant's manuscript]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; French Polynesia; Society Islands; Raiatea

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

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.149149.RPT - T.149172.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/20.

Publication: Image published in Poignant, A. and Poignant, R. 1976. Children of Oropiro. London: Angus and Robertson, p.12.

Bibliographical reference: Poignant, A. and Poignant, R. 1976. Children of Oropiro. London: Angus and Robertson, p.12. This extract is from a children's book about children named Eti, Timi, and Sylviane and their life in Raiatea: "Every now and then the men prepared a feast for some important visitor. Eti and Timi's mouths watered as they watched the men pack the food into the big earth oven. A fire burnt all night, heating the stones for the oven. In the early morning the pit was lined with them and layers of chicken, pork, and fish in palm-leaf packets, were quickly placed over them. Trays of poi — a soft mixture of papaya and breadfruit — were placed on top, and bunches of fei – the wild bush banana – and halved breadfruit stacked round the edge. Water was added to make steam, then all was quickly covered with layers of green banana leaves, and sealed with sacking and earth.
This was man's work, but soon the boys would be big enough to help."