IDNO

T.150818.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 with flags at the bow and stern. On one side of the image, there is an overlaid photograph of a painted design in black, white, red, and yellow. [KK 07/07/2022]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Poignant, Axel

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 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.