IDNO

N.132129.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Bringing the killed pig from the house. The men are (no order) Ui, Kukile, Kora and Kurupmbo Ruk (on right). Ruk is holding the club by which the pig was stunned (and killed).
The pig will be cooked and given as penal kng to bride’s kin.

Marilyn Strathern notes: "These are all Membo people [but Ruk] back at Əndipi’s place (called Pitim) dividing up the pig that has been "returned" by the bride's family. Mostly Membo men, but may be others." [Handwritten note]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Kurupmbo; Kawelka Membo Oyambo; Kawelka Membo

Named Person

Kawelka Kurupmbo Ruk; Kawelka Membo Oyambo Əndipi; Kawelka "Membo" Kngal; Kawelka Membo Kukile; Kawelka Membo Ui; Kawelka Membo Kora

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

10 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.

Related archive: MS notes marriage of Kngal (Əndipi’s ZS), at Kawelka Membo Əndipi’s place Pitim.

Named Person: "Ruk, Kawelka Kurupmbo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 07/12/2016]

Named Person: "Kukile, Kawelka Membo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 22/03/2017]

Named Person: "Kora, Kawelka Membo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 22/03/2017]

Named Person: "Ui, Kawelka Membo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 22/03/2017]

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: kng penal or penal kng = final stage in bridewealth transactions, when pork is taken from groom’s kin to bride’s kin. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/26/2017]

Context: penal kng = see kng penal. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/27/2017]

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