IDNO

T.151944.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "S.P. 247. New Guinea. Sepik. Korovo [sic 'Korogo'] to Kapamari [sic 'Kapaimeri'] 35mm Koda." [Poignant's manuscript]
"20. Other end of house - front? Similarly decorated - inscribed SUP. T. Ambonti. Aurimbit. T. Korogo. Huge face is face of house itself. All houses are female. Houses 10 - 15 ft above ground. Interior referred to as belly of house - 2 gables crowned by eagles are spoken of as ?on ?warfare or ?anger. (see Bateson G, 1946. Art of South Seas - Art bulletin 28 119-23 for structure of Iatmul house, see Forge. Proc. Of R.A.I. for 1965.) p.25." [Poignant's typed text and manuscript]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Momase Region; East Sepik Province; Korogo

Cultural Affliation

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.151937.RPT - T.151960.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/137.