IDNO

T.151656.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "239. S.P. New Guinea. Gumine. 35mm.Ekta." [Poignant's manuscript]
"34. Children run out of school." [Poignant's typed text]

A group of twelve boys, including Kaleku (also known as Martin) wearing a red and white striped top, running out of school in Gumine, holding books. [KK 16/08/2022]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Kaleku

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.

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

Facebook: Image published on PNG, Photo History, Taim Bipo group on 23/02/2023 with the caption: "School's out! Kids running out of school at the end of classes carrying their books. Kaleku is in the red shirt. Gumine, Chimbu, 1969. Photo by Axel Poignant, Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Someone might recognise the building.
403 Likes, 16 comments. [KK 03/03/2023]