IDNO

DG.167273.RPT

Description

A probably European Australian person wearing trousers, a shirt, and a sun hat standing behind a group of painted and shaped wooden tutini, memorial poles for a Pukamani ceremony to honour a deceased person on Melville Island. The tutini are decorated with patterns of lines, crosses, and circles. [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

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."