IDNO

T.151465.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "234. S.P. New Guinea. Gumine. Koda. 35mm.
(233. 1 - 11. 233. 17 - 41)". [Poignant's manuscript]
"41. Medical table." [Poignant's typed text]

A large group of people are gathered around a table which is set up for vaccinations. A medical worker, a man, is standing beside the table. [KK 15/08/2022]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Highlands Region; Chimbu Province; Karimui-Nomane District; Nomane [Simbu Province]

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.151465.RPT - T.151486.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/117.

Facebook: Image published on PNG, Photo History, Taim Bipo group on 06/07/2023 with the caption: "A medical officer gets ready to conduct mass vaccinations, Karimui-Nomane District, Simbu Province, 1969. Photo by Axel Poignant, Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. (Could have been taken during a patrol as part of the World Health Organisation immunisation programme against diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT) and polio.)"
67 Likes, 1 comment. [KK 15/08/2023]