IDNO

N.132072.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Rongnda in front of store, at Mbukl, with Kauilka and others. The large wig [worn by Kauilka] was becoming popular at this time, called Enga peng (‘Enga head’) from style of (non Hagen) Enga people to the west. This looks as though it is in the process of being constructed.

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Highlands Province; Mbukl ‘Station’

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Rongnda; Kauilka

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

30 April 1964

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.132070.MST - N.132077.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 7.

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

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

Context: peng = head (p86) (Melpa). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/27/2017]

Context: Enga peng = ‘Enga wig’, derived from the styles of the Enga people west of Hagen (p65) (peng is literally ‘head’). [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]