IDNO
DG.167262.RPT
Description
Portrait of a Tiwi man wearing face and body paint, a chin ornament made from feathers and a feathered ball around his neck for a Pukamani ceremony to honour a deceased person at Snake Bay on Melville Island. [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 5080182 and the following information: "Tiwi's body decorated with paint, wearing false beard and spirit ball for Pukamuni ceremony, Snake Bay, Melville Island, Northern Territory, October 1948 [picture] / Axel Poignant.
Negative no.: 1086.5"--Label on verso of print.
Inscriptions: "Snake Bay, Melville Island, Oct. 1948. Body decoration for the Pukamuni; false beard and spirit ball with down woven into the string fibres. When worn it makes for good hunting and held between teeth in battle it lends magical aid and makes a man brave."--Label on verso; "Copyright Axel Poignant"--Stamped on verso." [source: https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/5080182 KK 04/08/2023]
FM:307463
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