IDNO

T.151051.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "222. S.P. New Guinea. Goroka. 35mm." [Poignant's manuscript]
"6 and 7. Bonisifa, Sekoya (Bena) Man wearing sign saying Iyape's people. (this is the lot that includes blackened leader with boys and arrows). Boy with big beehive headdress." [Poignant's typed text]

Portrait of a child wearing a large headdress, a belt with a tail attached, and painted with body paint. The child's legs are painted red and torso black with white spots. [KK 09/08/2022]

Place

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

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]