IDNO

T.151763.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "242. S.P. New Guinea. Gumine. 35 K." [Poignant's manuscript]
"2 to 10. Martin serenades pigs." [Poignant's typed text]

Kaleku (also known as Martin), a boy from Gumine, playing a bamboo musical instrument to a group of pigs. [KK 17/08/2022]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Kaleku (also known as Martin)

Photographer

Poignant, Axel

Collector / Expedition

Date

pre September 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.151747.RPT - T.151770.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/129.

Publication: Similar image published in Poignant, Axel and Roslyn. 1972. Kaleku. London: Angus and Robertson, p.10. [KK 17/08/2022]

Bibliographical Reference: Poignant, Axel and Roslyn. 1972. Kaleku. London: Angus and Robertson, p.10. This extract comes from a children's book, written about a boy named Kaleku and his family in Gumine: "Most days Kaleku minded the pigs. He had to make sure that none of them got into a neighbour's garden. If one did, the neighbour would kill it and Father would be very angry.
He passed the time by playing a bamboo mouth harp; the pigs seemed to like the sound. If they wandered out of sight he called:
'Ma-a-bu ma-a-bu
A-rr-k a-rr-k m-a-bu,'
again and again until they came back." [KK 17/08/2022]