IDNO

T.151371.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "230. S.P. New Guinea. Hagen. 1969. Ekta. 35mm." [Poignant's manuscript]
"28, 29, 30. 1s of men running." [Poignant's typed text]

A group performing at the second Mt Hagen Show, held at Kagamuga Show ground. In the background is Mt Olga. [Knowledge shared by commenters on 'PNG, Photo History, Taim Bipo' Facebook page, 21/2/2023]

Place

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

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.151364.RPT - T.151388.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/113.

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]

Publication: Image published on the 'PNG, Photo History, Taim Bipo' Facebook page by Peter Russell Kranz on 21/2/2023 with the caption: "Policeman and tribesmen at Mt Hagen Show, 1969. Photo by Axel Poignant, Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology."
353 Likes, 6 comments, including that it was the second Mount Hagen show located at Kagamuga Show ground with Mount Olga visible in the background. [JD 14/04/2023]