IDNO

N.132075.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Carrying pig along road.
Note the way the leg of cooked pig is being carried. The second stage in a bridewealth prestation. People are in second-best decoration.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

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.

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