IDNO

T.131965.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Looking north to Wahgi river, marked by casuarina trees, kunai grass and pitpit cane. In foreground boy from Yamka (tribe).

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Highlands Province; near Mt. Hagen town; Dobel fishponds

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

14 January 1964

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.131959.MST - T.131992.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 2.

Context: kunai = Pidgin term for a type of tall grass used in thatching. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/27/2017]

A grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation Historical Archives Program supported the documentation and preservation of the Strathern photographic collection. [JD 6/11/2017]