IDNO

T.151331.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "229. S.P. New Guinea. Hagen. 1969. Ekta. 35mm." [Poignant's manuscript]
"32 and 33. Chimbu with red shawl head dresses." [Poignant's typed text]

A large group of men from Chimbu playing drums and dancing. They are wearing head dresses with red and black feathers, body paint, facial jewellery, and necklaces of cus cus fur. One man has a red and yellow shawl as part of his head dress. [KK 12/08/2022]

The man on the far right is from Jiwaka and wearing a Geru Peng (shawl). [Knowledge shared by the Taim Bipo Facebook group, JD 26/07/2023]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Highlands Region; Western Highlands Province; Mount Hagen; Chimbu Province [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.151310.RPT - T.151333.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/111.

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]