IDNO

T.151611.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "238. S.P. New Guinea. Gumine. 35mm.Ekta." [Poignant's manuscript]
"11 to 22. the family group of Kumaire [sic 'Kuma-ire'], Kuman, Erita, and Martin and Degi near house with big cooking pot in foreground covered with Banana leaves." [Poignant's typed text]

A family group of five people in Gumine. Degi, grandmother, is wearing a red and blue skirt and belt, a blue head scarf and a red bilum (string bag). Kuma-ire, mother, is wearing a blue and yellow skirt and bilum. Kuman, father, is wearing grey trousers and a green shirt with a brown belt. Erita, daughter, is wearing a white and blue skirt and a brown bilum. Kaleku (also known as Martin), son, is wearing blue shorts and a red and white striped t shirt. [KK 16/08/2022]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Degi; Kuma-ire; Kuman; Erita; 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.151581.RPT - T.151605.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/123.

Publication: Similar image published in Poignant, Axel and Roslyn. 1972. Kaleku. London: Angus and Robertson, p.6. [KK 16/08/2022]