IDNO

T.151109.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "222 con'td and 223. Kondo Village. / Chimbu. New Guinea. 35mm. e.x." [Poignant's manuscript]
"31. Women mourning." [Poignant's typed text]

A group of people taking part in a mock fight in Kondo village. Three women are kneeling in mourning beside a man who is lying on the ground pretending to be dead. One of the women is wearing a bilum (string bag) has a child sitting on her shoulders. [KK 10/08/2022]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Highlands Region; Chimbu Province; Kondo [Simbu Province]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Poignant, Axel

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 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.151101.RPT - T.151123.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/103.