IDNO

T.151399.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "231. S.P. New Guinea. 1st of Hagen (some Asaro), Gumine." [Poignant's manuscript]
"19. On route for Hagen." [Poignant's typed text]

A group of people travelling to the Mount Hagen show. [KK 12/08/2022]

Place

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

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.151389.RPT - T.151412.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/114.

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 ton PNG, Photo History, Taim Bipo group on 20/02/2023 with the caption: "Going to the Show. "A group of people from Gumine, Simbu" walking to Mount Hagen for the Mount Hagen show, 1969. Photo by Axel Poignant, Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Correction- I think Poignant incorrectly labelled these as from Gumine, but people have confirmed they are from Mt Hagen (thank you). He does have other photos of the Gumine group at the show, so maybe his photos just got stored in the same box."
281 Likes, 15 comments including identifying the group as from Mount Hagen in the Western Highlands, and not Gumine. [KK 01/03/2023]