IDNO

T.150979.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "219. S.P. New Guinea. 35mm. Kodachrome. Goroka." [Poignant's manuscript]
"26 to 31. Massed groups of tribesmen - standing." [Poignant's typed text]

A large group of men standing in a row at the Goroka show with gangals, tall ornaments worn over the shoulders on the back, decorated in pink and white patterns. [KK 08/08/2022]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Goroka

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.150976.RPT - T.151002.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/98.

T.150946.RPT - T.151068.RPT were made at the 1969 Goroka show.

Context: The Goroka Show is a large annual gathering in Goroka, dating from circa 1956, with a large number of singsing groups attending to perform music and dance. Niles, D. 2013. "More Than a Half Century of the Goroka and Hagen Shows: The Evolution of a New Cultural Tradition" in IBS Journal of Business and Research. Vol 6. Papua New Guinea Institute of Business Studies. [KK 25/08/2022]