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Trobriand Islanders in Canberra exhibition

Updated 6 September 2012, 13:42 AEST

An exhibition portraying the culture and landscapes of the Trobriand Islands in Papua New Guinea has opened at The Australian National University in Canberra.

  • Elderly Trobrianders, like this woman in her 90s, are a wealth of historical information. (Photo by Andrew Connelly.) 
    Numwaya metoya Kapwapu
  • Mimi Tomtabu strikes a pose during the award ceremony ending a kayasa or yam gardening competition. (Photo by Andrew Connelly.) 
    Mimi
  • Men of Omarakana perform a traditional circle dance at a cultural festival. (Photo by Andrew Connelly.) 
    shield dancers
  • A group of boys pause after returning from a fishing trip along the reef. (Photo by Andrew Connelly.) 
    expedition
  • Mokemumya, a master gardener, poses with a giant kuvi yam. (Photo by Andrew Connelly.) 
    the gift
  • Tomtabu 'Tom' Tolabua shares a joke with an old friend returning from his garden. (Photo by Andrew Connelly.) 
    Hail Fellow Well Met!
  • Children perform a traditional song and dance at a cultural festival. (Photo by Andrew Connelly.) 
    Kasiwosi Gugwadi - The Children's Song
  • A khalipoula outrigger fishing canoe, cousin to the larger masawa canoes Trobrianders use. (Photo by Andrew Connelly.) 
    Canoe at rest
  • Isigabwela Tova of Togaku perched at the edge of the great Trobriand lagoon. (Photo by Andrew Connelly.) 
    Isigabwela
  • Numwaya metoya Kapwapu
  • Mimi
  • shield dancers
  • expedition
  • the gift
  • Hail Fellow Well Met!
  • Kasiwosi Gugwadi - The Children's Song
  • Canoe at rest
  • Isigabwela
Audio: Trobriand Islanders in Canberra exhibition
Andrew Connelly tells Geraldine Coutts more about the exhibition (Credit: ABC) 

The exhibition is called Art of Ethnography: Images from Trobriand Islands Fieldwork.

It's a collection of photographs taken by PhD student Andrew Connelly, who spent most of 2010 conducting fieldwork in the Trobriands.

Radio Australia's Geraldine Coutts spoke with Andrew Connelly to find out more about the exhibition and the fieldwork that inspired it.

 

Presenter: Geraldine Coutts

Speaker: Andrew Connelly - PhD student in Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra

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