IDNO

T.131982.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Councillor Nøpil (in red) and his people in front of very large newly built house, kewa (stranger) – style. Place: Roklaka near Nunga.

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Highlands Province; Dei Council area; Roklaka near Nunga

Cultural Affliation

Roklaka

Named Person

Roklaka Nøpil (Councillor)

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

6 February 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.

Named Person: "Nøpil (Councillor), from Roklaka tribe M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 12/5/2016]

Context: kewa manga = kewa (= new, strange, foreign, new style, ie since coming of Europeans) versus mbo (traditional, old style); manga means house. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/25/2017]

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