IDNO

N.132103.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Houses at Maepna. Kum’s new haus pik (pidgin term for pig house or women’s house) and manga rapa (men’s house).

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Membo Køyambo

Named Person

Kawelka Membo Køyambo Kum

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: "Kum, Kawelka Membo Køyambo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 21/03/2017]

Context: haus pik = Pidgin term for pig house or a woman’s house. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/24/2017]

Context: manga rapa = men’s house (Melpa). [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]