IDNO

DG.167259.RPT

Description

Portrait of a Tiwi man wearing dolaka feathers and facial paint for a Pukamani ceremony to honour a deceased person at Snake Bay on Melville Island. He is standing by the coast with three buildings behind him. [KK 04/08/2023]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Northern Territory; Tiwi Islands; Melville Island; Snake Bay

Cultural Affliation

First Nations Australian; Tiwi [historically Aboriginal]

Named Person

Photographer

Poignant, Axel

Collector / Expedition

Date

October 1948

Collection Name

Poignant Collection

Source

Poignant, Roslyn

Format

Digital File

Primary Documentation

Other Information

DG.167113.RPT - DG.167351.RPT were located on a blue 'Seagate backup plus' hard drive in a box now numbered C1035/.

DG.167255.RPT - DG.167274.RPT were located in a digital folder named "Melville Island Scans."


Related image: A similar image is in the care of the National Library of Australia with the number 5079080 and the following information: "Tiwi man wearing feathers called dolaka ready for the pukamuni ceremony, Snake Bay, Melville Island, Northern Territory, October 1948 [picture] / Axel Poignant.
Negative no.: 1085.21"--Label on verso of print.
Inscriptions: "Snake Bay, Melville Island, Oct. 1948.This man is wearing a topknot of cockatoo feathers called dolaka and has painted his face black and white and whitened his beard. He is ready for the pukamuni ceremonies."--Label on verso; "Copyright Axel Poignant"--Stamped on verso." [source: https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/5079080 KK 04/08/2023]