IDNO

T.151038.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "221. S.P. New Guinea. Goroka. 35mm. H.S.E." [Poignant's manuscript]
"16 and 17. Chimbu men with furs and feathers." [Poignant's typed text]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Highlands Region; Eastern Highlands Province; Goroka District; Goroka; Chimbu Province Province; Sinasina [Simbu Province]

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.151027.RPT - T.151051.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/100.

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 Publication: Image published in 'PNG, Photo History, Taim Bipo' group, 23 February 2023, and captioned: "Chimbu man at Goroka Show, 1969. Photo by Axel Poignant, Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology."
92 Likes; 0 Comments. [Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/271260592950820/search/?q=poignant, JD 26/07/2023]