IDNO

T.151014.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "220. S.P. New Guinea. Goroka Show, 1970. Ekta. 35mm." [Poignant's manuscript]
"28. Back view of big group with tall triple gangals." [Poignant's typed text]

A group of people wearing gangals, tall ornaments worn over the shoulders on the back. The gangals have three long vertical sections and a curved arch on top, decorated in red, black, and white patterns. [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]

Facebook: Image published on PNG, Photo History, Taim Bipo group on 23/02/2023 with the caption: "Rear view of men wearing gangal decorations, Goroka Show 1969. Photo by Axel Poignant, Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology."
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