IDNO

T.131986.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Nǝlka (tribe) Yap (centre, in white clothes and short miti (mission) style hair cut) with wife & children, and 3 tambu (affines) – all are brothers of his wife (Kendipi (tribe)). At kona (place) Romnga (Kendipi). Lutheran church place, in front of flowering tree, nde pen.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Nǝlka (tribe)

Named Person

Nǝlka Yap

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

8 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: "Yap, Nǝlka (tribe) M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 21/03/2017]

Context: kona = place (Melpa). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/26/2017]

Context: miti style = ‘mission style’ hair cut. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/25/2017]

Context: nde = tree (personal communication MS, 10.2.16) (Melpa). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/25/2017]

Context: nde pen = a shrub with red bracts, probably Poinsettia (sp. Euphorbia). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/25/2017]

Context: tambu = Pidgin for affines (in-laws). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/18/2017]

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