IDNO

T.152027.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "S.P. 249. New Guinea. Sepik. Kapamari [sic 'Kapaimeri'] Aibom. 35mm. Ekta." [Poignant's manuscript]
"35. Toweasa begins to build up pot. New lump of clay to draw from." [Poignant's typed text]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Sepik River; Momase Region; East Sepik Province; Chambri Lakes; Aibom

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Toweasa

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.152009.RPT - T.152032.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/140.

Publication: Image published in Kernohan, K. 2023. A Pacific Journey: caring for the Poignant photographic collection. University of Cambridge Museums Blog with the caption: "Toweasa, a woman from Aibom, Papua New Guinea, making storage pots. Photo by Axel Poignant, 1969." [source: https://www.museums.cam.ac.uk/blog/2023/02/15/a-pacific-journey-caring-for-the-poignant-photographic-collection/ KK 14/08/2023]

Facebook: Image published on the "PNG, Photo History Taim Bipo" group on 16/02/2023 with the caption "Toweasa making sago storage pots, Aibom – Sepik. Photo by Axel Poignant, 1969. Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology."
107 Likes. 2 Comments. [KK 15/08/2023]