IDNO

N.132126.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: The amb angin wua looking at pigs and discussing. (He has the most elaborate headdress.).

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Membo Oyambo; Kawelka Membo

Named Person

Kawelka "Membo" Kngal; Kawelka Membo Oyambo Əndipi

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: "Əndipi (husband of Kawelka Kurupmbo Ndip), Kawelka Membo Oyambo M ". [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 22/03/2017]

Named Person: "Kngal (son of Membo Əndipi’s sister and a Tipuka Kitepi man; lived with Əndipi and his wife Ndip; Ndip is Kngal's adopted mother; husband of Rəngi) Kawelka "Membo" M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 17/11/2016; KH 22/03/2017]

Context: amb angin wua = one kind of brother-in-law: husband of wife’s sister. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/18/2017]

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