1 Bragge Material Culture Collection The Bragge Collection - Material Culture The material artefacts from this collection are curated by the Discipline of Anthropology, Material Culture Collection (College of Arts, Society and Education), and housed in The Cairns Institute. To enquire about these items, please contact Professor Rosita Henry. ([email protected]) Accession Name of Object Primary Description Old Dimensions Cultural Cultural Provenance Shelf Contextual Notes No Object Type Classification Registration Category Group Locality Location Number 2018.02.001.a Finial Artefact Architectual Carved wooden finial from Haus 1.a L2130 x W300 Melanesian Kanganaman Middle Sepik FS.2 The Worimbi haus tambaran was declared to be a element Tambaran (traditional ancestral x D270mm Village Province, Papua national monument under the 'National Cultural worship house) at Worimbi (aka New Guinea Property. (Preservation) Act 1965'. This Worimbi Warimbi) in Kanganaman Village, was severely damaged in an earthquake and Latmul area, Middle Sepik Province, inspected in 1980 by Soroi Marepo Eoe (b.1954) Papua New Guinea. Represents a the Assistant Curator Anthropology (1979-1983), young woman. Purchased by Laurie National Museum Papua New Guinea. The finials Bragge from Elders of Kanganaman were undamaged and saved by village Elders and Village. See full crocodile story and offered for sale with a export permit issued. The notes. Elders stated that it is 'important that the old [finials] replaced item then be removed from the area, as for old and new to be together creates spiritual conflict similar to when a man tried to bring a second wife into his home'. The finial figures represent a story of a young woman and an old woman who was known as the jealous axe. See Bragge's orginal notes page 1: 4 pages of notes. 2018.02.001.b Finial Artefact Architectual Carved wooden finial from Haus 1.b L2115 x W300 Melanesian Kanganaman Middle Sepik FS.2 The Worimbi haus tambaran was declared to be a element Tambaran (traditional ancestral x D250mm Village Province, Papua national monument under the 'National Cultural worship house) at Worimbi (aka New Guinea Property. (Preservation) Act 1965'. This Worimbi Warimbi) in Kanganaman Village, was severely damaged in an earthquake and Latmul area, Middle Sepik Province, inspected in 1980 by Soroi Marepo Eoe (b.1954) Papua New Guinea. Represents an the Assistant Curator Anthropology (1979-1983), old woman. Purchased by Laurie National Museum Papua New Guinea. The finials Bragge from Elders of Kanganaman were undamaged and saved by village Elders and Village. See full crocodile story and offered for sale with a export permit issued. The notes. Elders stated that it is 'important that the old [finials] replaced item then be removed from the area, as for old and new to be together creates spiritual conflict similar to when a man tried to bring a second wife into his home'. The finial figures represent a story of a young woman and an old woman who was known as the jealous axe. See Bragge's orginal notes page 1: 4 pages of notes. 2 Bragge Material Culture Collection 2018.02.002.a Shield Artefact Weapon Large white war shield from the 2 L1690 x Melanesian Atbalmin West Sepik OS.1.1 Bragge added photo of the Atbalmin elder who people of Atbalmin, Kaidagoyin W570mm Province, Papua was also preparing his beard for ceremonies with hamlet, Star Mountains northern New Guinea his kinfolk to perfom on his impending death. See foothills, in West Sepik Province. Bragge's original notes page 2: 2 pages of notes. Purchased by Laurie Bragge on 2 August 1967 with a tomahawk (money being no use to the Atbalmin people). See notes. 2018.02.002.b Drawing Paper Drawing Original sketch drawing of Atbalmin 4 Melanesian Atbalmin West Sepik The notations of the sketch were made at (tba) war shield design with explanatory Province, Papua Unanklimin in the Atbalmin tribal area on 30th notes (see Bragge's original notes New Guinea September 1967 during Telefomin Patrol no: page 4: 1 page of notes/photocopy 1/1967-8 by Laurie Bragge, indiscussion with of drawing). Unanklimin warriors and elders. The diamond shapes at top, centre and bottom of the shield represent the liver and vital organs; the marks in each corner represent the nose stone decoration; with other elements representing the new moon and eyes. 2018.02.003.a- Shield Artefact Weapon Broken wooden shield with natural 3 L1480 x Melanesian Atbalmin West Sepik OS.1.2 The shield was purchased by Assistant District b pigments, from the people of W540mm people Province, Papua Officer Laurie Bragge on 30th September 1967 with Atbalmin in the Unanklimin hamlet New Guinea a tomohawk (money being no use to the Atbalmin of the Star Mountains northern people) during Telefomin patrol 1/1967-68 when foothills in the West Sepik Province. he was in the field for 90 days. The Atbalmin were Purchased by Laurie Bragge on 30th no match in warfare for their enemies the September 1967 with a tomohawk Mianmin. The Atbalmin unwisely killed 4 Mianmin (money being no use to the traders in 1956-57 (transgressing the universal Atbalmin people). See notes. agreement that traders travelled freely). The Mianmin took revenge by raiding Atbalmin territory to kill and eat 17 Atbalmin victims. This shield was made to avenge their deaths when Atbalmin left Unanklimin and crossed the Sepik River into the Mianmin setllement of Ivikmin. The Ivikmin leader named Yamsap (see photo in Bragge's notes) saw them and engaged in conversation about their intentions. Ten of the victims were from Yamsap's wife's family. He took their shield and broke it in two with his heel and told them to return home to Unanklimin. 3 Bragge Material Culture Collection 2018.02.004 Shield Artefact Weapon Wooden War shield from the 5 L1480 x Melanesian Telefolmin West Sepik OS.1.2 The seller Sinoksep Mebunisep was a Government Telefomin people, West Sepik W540mm District, Province, Papua Interpreter and had been awarded a Loyal Service Province, Papua New Guinea. Sold New Guinea Medal for his part in trying to protect Patrol Officer to Laurie Bragge in ealry 1966 by Gerald Szarka and Constables Buritoi and Purari Sinoksep Mebunisep of when they and Cadet Patrol Officer Geoffrey Harris Tagatemtigin in Eliptamin Valley. were murdered in the Eliptamin valley on 6th See notes. February 1953. This shield has more than a dozen arrows embedded in the surface and used during ongoing warfare between the Telefol speakers, particularly of Eliptamin and the Mianmin. That was raged back and forth with the boundary established in the 1930sas being the Fak River. North of the river is Mianmin, south of it is Telefol. The Black and Taylor patrol of 1938-39 had crossed the Fak (aka Hak) and came under heavy Mianmin attack over two days in mid December 1938, with fatalities on both sides. 2018.02.005.a- Houseboa Artefact Architectual Two large wooden Yam 6.a-b L2200 x Melanesian Kiriwina Milne Bay OS.1.4 Chief Tolawaya sent a letter in Kiriwina language to b rds element houseboards from Paramount Chief W1350mm Island, Province, Papua establish the provenance and to negotiate the Vanoi's house (a-b). He was the Trobriand New Guinea price. Vanoi was Paramount Chief of the Trobriand highest-level political leader in Islands Island during the late 1960s and had made a Royal Omarakana village on Kiriwina visit to Japan around that time, taking with him a Island in the Trobriand Islands. Sold selection of many wives. Chief Vanoi Kiriwina to Laurie Bragge by Chief Tolawaya (d.1982) was preceeded by Chief Mitakata; and of Omarakana village on Kiriwina succeeded briefly by Waibadi, who was succeeded Island. See notes. in turn in 1982 by Pulayasi Daniel. 2018.02.005.c- Planks Artefact Architectual Three carved wooden planks (c-e) 7.25/7.c-e Melanesian Kiriwina Milne Bay OS.1.3 e element from yam houses, purchased in Island, Province, Papua Okaiboma village on Kiriwina Island Trobriand New Guinea (the largest in the Trobriand Islands Islands) on December 1996. See notes. 2018.02.005.f- Charms Artefact Charms Two round 'Bwalai' stones (f-g) with 7.26/7.f-g Melanesian Kiriwina Milne Bay OS.1.3 Kula exchange or Kula ring, is a ceremonial g holes at centres, carried on Kula Island, Province, Papua exchange system conducted in the Milne Bay voyages and believed by Massim Trobriand New Guinea Province (people from Milne Bay region), to Islands bring good luck in sailing and weather, as well as protection from influences of 'sea witches'. Purchased at Okaiboma village on Kiriwina Island. See notes. 4 Bragge Material Culture Collection 2018.02.005.h Necklace Artefact Adornment One large 'Bagi' shell on a string of 7.27/7.h Melanesian Agialuma, Milne Bay OS.1.3 Purchased at Agialuma village on Fergusson Island small red Spondylus (spiny bivalve Fergusson Province, Papua highlands (argest island of the D'Entrecasteaux mollusc) shells. See notes. Island New Guinea Islands) on 7th April 1969 during Bolubolu village (the administrative centre on Goodenough Island) patrol no: 2/1068-69. 2018.02.005.i Adze Artefact Tools Steel bladed carving adze with 7.28.a/7.i Melanesian Trobriand Milne Bay OS.1.3 wooden handle, from Trobriand Islands Province, Papua Islands. Collected in 1996. See New Guinea notes. 2018.02.005.j Adze Artefact Tools Stone adze with wooden handle, 7.28.b/7.j Melanesian Wamena Papua Province C2.4 collected from Wamena, Baliem village, Valley, Irian Jaya, Indonesia in early Baliem Valley 1990s (Western Papua New Guinea) 2018.02.005.k Pick Artefact Weapon Huli fighting pick, collected from 7.28.c/7.k Melanesian Huli people, Hela Province, C4.2 Koroba, Southern Highlands in the Koroba village Papua New Guinea Hela Province in 1974.