IDNO

T.152000.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "S.P. 249. New Guinea. Sepik. Kapamari [sic 'Kapaimeri'] Aibom. 35mm. Ekta." [Poignant's manuscript]
"5. Ros and Axel in canoe, embarking for Kapamari [sic 'Kapaimeri']." [Poignant's typed text]

A large group of people standing on the banks of the Sepik river beside a canoe. Three people are in the canoe, including Roslyn Poignant, wearing a pink top and blue trousers, and Axel Poignant who is wearing a khaki shirt and trousers. [KK 19/08/2022]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Sepik River; Momase Region; East Sepik Province; Kapaimeri Mission

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Axel Poignant; Roslyn Poignant

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.151985.RPT - T.152008.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/139.

Facebook: Image published on PNG, Photo History, Taim Bipo group on 16/2/2023 with the caption: "Ros and Axel Poignant in canoe bound for Kapaimeri, Sepik, 1969. Photo by Axel Poignant, Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Axel Poignant was a noted Australian photographer."
105 Likes, 1 comment. [KK 28/02/2023]