IDNO

N.132128.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Kina (pearlshells) being scaled / allocated.

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 Oyambo Əndipi; Kawelka "Membo" Kngal

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.

Context: kina = Pidgin term for pearlshells. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/26/2017]

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