IDNO

N.132080.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: At Mope moka pena: prestation from Membo to Roklaka (funeral feast for Membo Ok).
Funeral party for Klamakae (tribe) Umndi (personal name) – Umndi had recently died so this occasion for Ok was an occasion for public mourning for him as well. The women are from Membo (married-in) with some Klamakae. Umndi lived with the Membo, as his pamal (‘mother’s kin’). Umndi’s widow is in centre, holding a baby. (Currently unknown who the man is, wailing and pulling his hair; the women were wailing until the moment of the photo.)
The sides of pork are arranged to be counted and distributed. Marilyn Strathern assumes they belong to the main funeral payments, ie in relation to OK, who had died some time ago.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Membo; Klamakae

Named Person

Kawelka "Membo" Ok; Klamakae Umndi

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: "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: "Umndi, Klamakae (tribe) 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: pamal = ‘mother’s kin’, the kin group of a person’s mother (Melpa). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/27/2017]

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]