IDNO

N.132092.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Kina lined up: Nggoemba can be seen leaning forward (head obscured).
Notes say that Kawelka Kurupmbo Romba counted the kina, ie formally ‘registered’ them. I [Marilyn Strathern] think that is the man purposefully striding down. They were counted by others too, several times in fact!

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Membo; Kawelka Kurupmbo

Named Person

Kawelka Membo Nggoemba (Councillor); Kawelka Kurupmbo Romba

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: "Nggoemba (Councillor; he spear-headed the Kawelka re-settlement of Kuk, starting in the 1960’s), Kawelka Membo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 11/11/2016]

Named Person: "Romba (father of Abraham Wingndi), Kawelka Kurupmbo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 06/12/2016]

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]