IDNO

T.151020.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "220. S.P. New Guinea. Goroka Show, 1970. Ekta. 35mm." [Poignant's manuscript]
"30 to 36 - might be Iufa Iufa [possibly sic 'Iufi Iufa'] again. 34. (see also 221.19) [Faniufa]." [Poignant's typed text]

Portrait of two men at the Goroka show wearing headbands and headdresses decorated with fur and feathers, jewellery, and body paint. Both men are carrying a quiver over one shoulder and one is holding a bow and arrows. [KK 09/08/2022]

Place

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

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]