IDNO

T.151407.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "231. S.P. New Guinea. 1st of Hagen (some Asaro), Gumine." [Poignant's manuscript]
"27. Very good of full length Chimbu with red shawl headdress." [Poignant's typed text]

Portrait of a man from Chimbu standing in front of a group of men. He is wearing a head dress with tall black and white feathers, a red shawl over his head, facial jewellery, decorative arm bands, belt, and skirt. [KK 12/08/2022]

Portrait of a Jiwaka man wearing a Geru Peng (shawl) at the Mount Hagen Show. [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; Jiwaka

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 Publication: Image published in 'PNG, Photo History, Taim Bipo' group, 20 February 2023, and captioned: "Group of Chimbu men at Mt Hagen Show", 1969. Photo by Axel Poignant, Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The man is probably from Jiwaka rather than Chimbu, as he is wearing a Peng (shawl)."
132 Likes; 6 Comments. [Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/271260592950820/search/?q=poignant, JD 26/07/2023]