IDNO

T.151411.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "231. S.P. New Guinea. 1st of Hagen (some Asaro), Gumine." [Poignant's manuscript]
"31. Ditto [assembled, massed tribesmen] with three figures in red and white basin hats in foreground." [Poignant's typed text]

A large group of people at the Mount Hagen show. There are three smaller groups of people walking in front. A group of four men are wearing bundles of green leaves attached to their belts. A group of three men are wearing red hats and large shell chest ornaments, and a group of two people wearing long skirts and neck ornaments. [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

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]