IDNO

N.132040.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Funeral of Kawelka Ngglammbo Pena, Mbukl.
Mbom, Tei’s wife and Wora taking out the kaukau (Pidgin for sweet potato) from oven. Opening it up quite gingerly with cabbage leaves showing on top of steamed kaukau (Pidgin for sweet potato).

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Highlands Province; Mbukl; Pena's house

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Ngglammbo; Tipuka Oklembo

Named Person

Kawelka Ngglammbo Pena; Tipuka Oklembo Wora; Tipuka Oklembo Tei; Mbom

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

15 April 1964

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.132036.MST - T.132055.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 5.

Named Person: "Tei (husband of Mbom), probably Tipuka Oklembo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 12/7/2016]

Named Person: "Pena, Kawelka (tribe) Ngglammbo (clan) M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 11/28/2016]

Named Person: "Wora (wife of Tipuka Eltimbo Mitipa or Metepa), Tipuka Oklembo W." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 11/28/2016]

Named Person: "Mbom (wife of Tei Tipuka Oklembo) W." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 26/11/2016]

Context: kaukau = Pidgin term for sweet potato. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/24/2017]

MAA Exhibition: Image included in a slide show entitled, 'Women in Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Fieldwork photos by Marilyn Strathern 1964 1995' in Pacific Currents display, Maudslay Gallery, 2018. [JD 03/04/202]

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