IDNO

T.150736.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "S.P. 212. New Zealand. Story: Ruatahuna, Bay of Plenty. Koda. 35mm" [Poignant's manuscript]
"11 to 16. Tiripou makes string figures. " [Poignant's typed text]

Portrait of Tiripou, a Māori woman, making a string figure outside a building in Ruatāhuna. She has a moko kauae (chin tattoo). [KK 29/06/2022]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; New Zealand; Bay of Plenty; Ruatāhuna

Cultural Affliation

Māori

Named Person

Tiripou

Photographer

Poignant, Axel

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.150714.RPT - T.150738.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/87.

Context: The Poignants made a series of photographs in Te Urewera which were intended for a children's book to be titled Tama's Quest and published by Angus and Robertson with the blurb "Tama, a Maori boy living in New Zealand today, makes a spiritual quest through the countryside of his ancestors." This would have been fourth in the series after Bush Walkabout (1957), Kaleku (1972), and Children of Oropiro (1976). However, it was never published. [source: back cover of Poignant, Axel and Roslyn. 1976. Children of Oropiro. London: Angus and Robertson. KK 31/10/2022]