IDNO

T.132001.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Artefact (prehistoric): Bottom view of ‘mortar’ with pedestal base. The black decoration is obviously recent. – Usually called mortars (for preparing roots / nuts?), but no one really knows what they were for. The bird’s head on image 0050.64.D13 may have been a ‘pestle’ …
Kulow, who made the collection photographed in this series, was the resident medical doctor in charge of the Lutheran-sponsored Kotna hospital.
Artefacts photographed at Dr Kulow’s home, Lutheran Mission, Kotna.

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Highlands Province; Kotna; Lutheran Mission

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Dr David Kulow

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

21 February 1964

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.131993.MST - T.132027.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 3.

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