IDNO

T.150811.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "S.P. 214. New Guinea. 35mm. (colour)." [Poignant's manuscript]
"9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and so on to 33 and end of roll - the canoes from Milne Bay racing in Port Moresby harbour. 19 to 24 particularly good of canoes." [Poignant's typed text]

Two large groups of men paddling two canoes from Milne Bay. Both canoes are decorated at bow and stern with flags and painted wooden boards. [KK 07/07/2022]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Port Moresby; Milne Bay

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Poignant, Axel

Collector / Expedition

Date

pre August 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.150810.RPT - T.150833.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/91.

Facebook: Image published on PNG, Photo History, Taim Bipo group on 30/03/2023 with the caption: "Another photo of the Milne Bay crews in a canoe race on Port Moresby harbour, 1969. Photo by Axel Poignant, Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology."
58 Likes. [KK 01/03/2023]