IDNO

T.131991.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Overlooking the Kombukla moka pena (ceremonial ground) (visible as clump of bamboo). In front of Wahgi-Sepik Divide and Wəlyi land above mission; Kendipi to east. Place: Bitam, overlooking Dei from south.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

14 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.

Context: moka pena = ceremonial ground. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/24/2017]

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