IDNO

T.151652.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "239. S.P. New Guinea. Gumine. 35mm.Ekta." [Poignant's manuscript]
"27, 28, 29. Demonstrating how they would have beaten the bark cloth." [Poignant's typed text]

Dai, a man from Gumine, showing Kaleku (also known as Martin), his grandson, how to beat bark cloth. [KK 16/08/2022]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Dai; 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.151652.RPT - T.151674.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/125.

Bibliographical reference: Poignant, Axel and Roslyn. 1972. Kaleku. London: Angus and Robertson. [KK 16/08/2022]

Facebook: Image published on PNG, Photo History, Taim Bipo group on 23/02/2023 with the caption: "Grandfather Dai demonstrating to young Kaleku how to beat a bark cloth. Gumine, Chimbu, 1969. Photo by Axel Poignant, Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology."
164 Likes, 7 comments. [KK 03/03/2023]