IDNO

N.132084.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: At Mope moka pena: prestation to Roklaka (funeral feast for Membo Ok).
Procession of Kawelka Kurupmbo men coming in with cooked pigs to Mope moka pena. Note some women and children carrying too.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Klamakae; Kawelka Membo

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: 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]