IDNO

N.132131.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Singeing the hair of the pig: Ui. Ruk, Kukile.

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

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: "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]

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