IDNO

T.151467.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "234. S.P. New Guinea. Gumine. Koda. 35mm.
(233. 1 - 11. 233. 17 - 41)". [Poignant's manuscript]
"11. Kuman and [his son] Kaleku split timber for fences." [Poignant's typed text]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Highlands Region; Chimbu Province; Gumine District; Gumine [Simbu Province]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Kuman; Kaleku (also known as Martin)

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.

Publication: Similar image published in Poignant, Axel and Roslyn. 1972. Kaleku. London: Angus and Robertson, p.13.

Bibliographical reference: Poignant, Axel and Roslyn. 1972. Kaleku. London: Angus and Robertson, p.13. This extract comes from a children's book, written about a boy named Kaleku and his family in Gumine. "On the way to the new gardens they stopped to look at a stand of casuarina or yar trees. Kaleku was proud of these trees; his father had planted them for him when he was a baby. 'Your trees grow well,' said Father. 'Our people have always planted yar trees. Without them, a man cannot make a garden; he has no wood for fences, firewood or houses. A man who does not plant yar trees for each of his children is a rubbish man. You must remember that, even though you go to school and learn new ways.
It was hard work making a pig fence. Many sharp stakes were needed. Each time Kaleku pushed hard on the stakes to split the log.
'Don't let go,' warned Father, 'or they'll spring back and knock you down.'
While they were at it, Father thought they should repair some of the old fencing. He sent Kaleku to find some strips of bark and they lashed new stems of pit – pit along the top of the fence to strengthen it. It would be too bad if pigs got into the garden now the plants were almost fully grown.
Kaleku also helped his father to tie up the sugar – cane and remove the old leaves from the banana trees." [KK 16/08/2022]

Facebook: Image published ton PNG, Photo History, Taim Bipo group on 23/02/2023 with the caption: "Kuman and his son Kaleku split timber for fences. Gumine, Chimbu, 1969. Photo by Axel Poignant, Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology."
361 Likes. 7 comments. [KK 15/08/2023]