IDNO

T.151378.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "230. S.P. New Guinea. Hagen. 1969. Ekta. 35mm." [Poignant's manuscript]
"35, 36, and 37. Tribesmen racing flat out. spears raised. knock over girl and man." [Poignant's typed text]

A group of men racing at the Mount Hagen show. They are wearing wide head dresses, ornaments, and leaves attached to their belts and holding long spears above their heads. [KK 12/08/2022]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Poignant, Axel

Collector / Expedition

Date

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]