IDNO

T.151007.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "220. S.P. New Guinea. Goroka Show, 1970. Ekta. 35mm." [Poignant's manuscript]
"16, 17, 18, same group [as 220.13, 14, 15] but closer." [Poignant's typed text]

A large group of men at the Goroka show. They are wearing decorative, colourful jewellery and belts. They are also wearing gangal, tall ornaments worn over the shoulders on the back, decorated in pink and white patterns. A group of five people at the front are dancing, with bunches of plants hanging from their belts. [KK 09/08/2022]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Highlands Region; Eastern Highlands Province; Goroka District; Goroka

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

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.151003.RPT - T.151026.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/99.

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]