IDNO

N.132102.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Looking over Əm to the Baiyer River valley – joined to previous picture – Əm moka pena with gardens of Rop & Mel etc. showing on hill slopes. Moka pena (ceremonial ground) is on the ridge lined with casuarinas trees.

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Highlands Province; towards Mope; Kawelka Membo country

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Ngglammbo

Named Person

Kawelka Ngglammbo Mel; Kawelka Ngglammbo Rop

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

18 May 1964

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.132096.MST - N.132115.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 9.

Named Person: "Mel, Kawelka Ngglammbo M". [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 24/01/2017]

Named Person: "Rop (father of Ot; brother of Kaep), Kawelka Ngglammbo M". [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 24/01/2017]

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

A grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation Historical Archives Program supported the documentation and preservation of the Strathern photographic collection. [JD 6/11/2017]