IDNO

N.132060.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Garden ‘M 2’, belonging to Rongnda and Ruri (Kawelka Kurupmbo).
Kukile planting kaukau in Rongnda’s garden, digging with large dibble stick.
Note the netbag in the ditch to the left – it is filled with sweet potato vines for planting (brought from other gardens).

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Highlands Province; near Mbukl

Cultural Affliation

Tipuka Kendike; Kawelka Kurupmbo

Named Person

Tipuka Kendike Kukile; Kawelka Kurupmbo Rongnda; Kawelka Kurupmbo Ruri

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

22 April 1964

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.132056.MST - N.132069.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 6.

Named Person: "Kukile (mother of Puklum and Noning; wife of Pundukl), Tipuka Kendike W." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 25/11/2016]

Named Person: "Rongnda, Kawelka Kurupmbo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 21/03/2017]

Named Person: "Ruri, Kawelka Kurupmbo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 12/7/2016]

Context: kaukau = Pidgin term for sweet potato. [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]