IDNO

T.151272.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "227. S.P. New Guinea. Gumine. Bride price. 35mm. Ekta." [Poignant's manuscript]
"10, 11, 12. Sharpening stone axe." [Poignant's typed text]

A group of men sitting on the ground at the Mount Hagen show. One man is sharpening a stone axe and others are working with canes. [11/08/2022]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Highlands Region; Western Highlands Province; Mount Hagen

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Poignant, Axel

Collector / Expedition

Date

pre September 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.151252.RPT - T.151275.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/109.

T.151266.RPT - T.151380.RPT and T.151398.RPT - T.151412.RPT were made at the 1969 Mount Hagen show.

Context: The Mount Hagen Show is a large annual gathering in Mount Hagen, dating from circa 1961, 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 19/02/2023 with the caption: "Man sharpening a stove axe head while others behind him work with canes at Mt Hagen Show, 1969. Photo by Axel Poignant."
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