IDNO

T.151711.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "241. S.P. New Guinea. Gumine. 35mm. Ek." [Poignant's manuscript]
"13 to 20. Family eat meal of sweet potato and yams by the cooking pot." [Poignant's typed text]

A family group of six people including Kuman, father, wearing white trousers and a green shirt, Kuma-ire, mother, sitting with her legs outstretched, Erita, daughter, sitting cross legged, and Kaleku (also known as Martin), wearing blue shorts. [KK 17/08/2022]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Kaleku (also known as Martin); Kuman; Kuma-ire; Erita

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.151699.RPT - T.151722.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/127.

Publication: Similar images published in Poignant, Axel and Roslyn. 1972. Kaleku. London: Angus and Robertson, p.17. [KK 17/08/2022]