IDNO

T.151890.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "S.P. 245. New Guinea / Madang. Potters of Bil Bil. / Aerial Sepik Maprik." [Poignant's manuscript]
"35, 36. Ext. of house t. [Haus Tambaran (ancestor house)] at Kalabu village, Maprik. Note tassels and chain, etc. Chain of split rattan bark. Tassel sometimes referred to as testicles of mangandu (ridge pole). Should contain shells of [… unclear…] (now figs). " [Poignant's typed text]

A group of seven people standing outside a haus tambaram (ancestor house) in Kalabu. [18/08/2022]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Momase Region; East Sepik Province; Maprik District; Maprik; Kalabu

Cultural Affliation

Abelam

Named Person

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.151889.RPT - T.151912.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/135.