IDNO

N.132079.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: At Mope moka pena: prestation from Membo to Roklaka (funeral feast for Membo Ok).
Membo Ko & Keram carrying in pig. Waema (brother of dead man) (with the omak on his chest) hurrying them on (in front).

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Klamakae; Kawelka Membo Køyambo

Named Person

Kawelka Membo Ko; Kawelka Membo Keram; Kawelka "Membo" Ok; Kawelka Membo Waema

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

9 May 1964

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.132078.MST - N.132095.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 8.

Named Person: "Ko, Kawelka Membo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 17/11/2016]

Named Person: "Keram, Kawelka Membo." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 19/11/2016]

NNamed Person: "Ok (originally from Klamaka tribe, but lived with Membo), Kawelka "Membo" M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 12/5/2016; KH 21/03/2017]

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

Context: moka pena = ceremonial ground. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/24/2017]

Context: omak = set of bamboo tally sticks worn by men, which indicate how many times they have given away sets of eight or then shells in moka (p37) (Melpa). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/26/2017]

Bibliographic Reference: For 0151.64, see M. Strathern, Property, substance and effect (1999), pp. 212, 227; see n.27, p 298 for other uses."

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