IDNO

N.132061.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Garden ‘M 2’, belonging to Rongnda and Ruri (Kawelka Kurupmbo).
Kawelka Ngglammbo Pundukl (husband) helping wife Kukile (she comes from Tipuka Kendike).

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Tipuka Kendike; Kawelka Ngglammbo; Kawelka Kurupmbo

Named Person

Tipuka Kendike Kukile; Kawelka Ngglammbo Pundukl; 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: "Pundukl (father of Puklum and Noning; husband of Kukile), Kawelka Ngglammbo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 12/6/2016]

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]

Publication: Image (printed in reverse) is published in Strathern, M., 2013. 'Learning to see in Melanesia: Four lectures given in the Department of Social Anthropology, Cambridge University, 1993–2008' (Hau Masterclass Vol 2), plate 25, with the following caption:
"Kawelka Pundukl and his wife Tipuka Kukile prepare a sweet potato garden at Mbukl. Mt. Hagen, Western Highlands (he is cutting the ditches, she is attending to the soil for planting). Seen in public, Kukile would always have something covering her head and back. 1964. Photograph: Marilyn Strathern." [JD 4/6/2017]

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