IDNO

T.153770.RPT

Description

A group of four men and two children inside a wooden building in Amongavi village. The men are standing holding long wooden axes and wearing white facial paint, head dresses made of black and white feathers and white shells, face and neck jewellery including long strings of white shells, belts made of white shells with ornaments hanging from them made from shells, feathers, and plants. The children are sitting on painted wooden stools, wearing white facial paint, head dresses of white shells and feathers, and long jewellery made from white shells. There are two carved human figures visible beside the men. [KK 13/09/2022]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Momase Region; East Sepik Province; Karawari River; Amongavi

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

? Poignant, Axel; ? Berger, Peter

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.