IDNO

N.132091.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Kina shells lined up: man in foreground subsequently identified as Minembi Andakelkam (clan) Pakl (personal name), a recipient. While the main funeral recipients were Roklaka, there were other prestations going on at same time, to several Minembi clans, to Klamakae and others.
Minembi Ruprupkae Mel (in feathers, with nose piece) on the left; his wife’s sister is married into Kurupmbo, to the brother of the man, Kurupmbo Raema, opposite him (no head covering, hand to chin). (Mel and Raema appear to be looking at each other.)

See bibliographic note.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Minembi Ruprupkae; Minembi Andakelkam; Kawelka Kurupmbo

Named Person

Minembi Ruprupkae Mel; Minembi Andakelkam Pakl; Kawelka Kurupmbo Raema

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: "Mel, Minembi Ruprupkae M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 11/29/2016]

Named Person: "Pakl, Minembi Andakelkam M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 12/5/2016]

Named Person: "Raema, Kawelka Kurupmbo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 12/6/2016]

Context: Andakel = clan name, means ‘younger grandfather’. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/24/2017]

Context: kina = Pidgin term for pearlshells. [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]