IDNO

N.132082.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: At Mope moka pena: prestation to Roklaka (funeral feast for Membo Ok).
Roklaka cleaning up kina. Roklaka Wantepa standing up in middle, back to camera. The sides of pork in 0139.64 can be seen.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Roklaka; Kawelka Membo; Klamakae

Named Person

Roklaka Wantepa; 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: "Wantepa, Roklaka M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 29/11/2016]

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]

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]