IDNO

T.153766.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card for T.151313.RPT: "229. S.P. New Guinea. Hagen. 1969. Ekta. 35mm." [Poignant's manuscript]
"11, 12, 13. Men painted yellow ochre." [Poignant's typed text]

Place

Highlands Region; Western Highlands Province; Mount Hagen

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Poignant, Axel

Collector / Expedition

Date

Collection Name

Poignant Collection

Source

Poignant, Roslyn

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.153759.RPT - T.153777.RPT and P.156395.RPT - P.156397.RPT were located in a wrapped paper package numbered C1023/1.

Context: The Mount Hagen Show is a large annual gathering in Mount Hagen, dating from circa 1961, with a large number of singsing groups attending to perform music and dance. Niles, D. 2013. "More Than a Half Century of the Goroka and Hagen Shows: The Evolution of a New Cultural Tradition" in IBS Journal of Business and Research. Vol 6. Papua New Guinea Institute of Business Studies. [KK 25/08/2022]