IDNO

N.132081.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: At Mope moka pena: prestation to Roklaka (funeral feast for Membo Ok).
Preparation of kina (pearlshells, mounted on reddened boards for display) by Roklaka (& pig laid out, at back) – they are inspecting / taking care of what has been presented to them. They are partially decorated – contrast the male mourner in 0139.
Note the ceremonial ground is bordered by tangkets.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Membo; Klamakae

Named Person

Kawelka "Membo" Ok

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]

Context: kina = Pidgin term for pearlshells. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/26/2017]

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

Context: tangket = Pidgin term for cordyline plant. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/18/2017]

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]