IDNO

N.132134.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: At the muming (remains of fire to heat stones in left foreground). Waiting for the cooking to finish.

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

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.

Context: muming = Pidgin term for ‘cooking in earth oven’ (not the oven itself). [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]