IDNO

N.132121.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Nglənt and Kontim (two amb wentep (girls of courting age)).

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Membo; Tipuka Kengeke

Named Person

Kontim; Kawelka Membo Nglənt

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

9 June 1964

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.132116.MST - N.132115.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 10.

Named Person: "Kontim (amb wentep), W." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 25/11/2016]

Named Person: "Nglənt ("sister" of Kngal; oldest daughter of Kngal's adopted mother Ndip and Əndipi), Kawelka Membo Oyambo W". [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 22/03/2017]

Context: Amb wentep = female counterpart of a (wua) kumndip, i.e. a young girl of courting age, marriageable girl. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/18/2017]

Related Archive: Draft caption for image in document ‘Caption to most of bl. + wh. photos used + not used SDMH’ with the following text: “The older woman here is wearing the kind of decorations she might put on for everyday; as a married woman she does not wear the swathes of beads round her neck that younger girl do, though she has a pearlshell beneath them. Often, once they are married, women do not regularly wear even this amount of decoration. This is, in fact, a rather special occasion - a bridewealth. Next to her, holding her baby, is the bride, with talcum powder oh her face and neck beads. Her hair has been trained to grow in long ringlets which are shaped with the application of grease. Such ringlets are a mark of beauty, but most women keep their hair short.” [Paper Archives will be deposited at Girton College, Cambridge, date to be confirmed. KH 22/11/2016]

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