IDNO

T.150999.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "220. S.P. New Guinea. Goroka Show, 1970. Ekta. 35mm." [Poignant's manuscript]
"10. Girls in bras & with umbrella. Singari (Asaro)." [Poignant's typed text]

A large group of women from Singari?, Asaro at the Goroka show. The three leaders are wearing cropped white tops, skirts made of rolled and dyed plant fibres, headdresses, and necklaces in blue, red, and white. One woman is holding an umbrella in front of her and another is holding a long wooden stick. [KK 08/08/2022]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Goroka; Asaro; ?Singari

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]