IDNO

N.132048.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Wora working new peanut patches with help of Run and Meta, next to her (Wora’s) brother Wøia marking out newly burnt garden with help of Mbom, wife of Tei. The garden is Wøia’s.
Wora in foreground, planting peanuts in first of prepared beds.

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Highlands Province; near Mbukl; Wøia’s Garden; ‘garden 2’ Tipuka Oklembo territory

Cultural Affliation

Tipuka Oklembo

Named Person

Tipuka Oklembo Wora; Tipuka Oklembo Tei; Mbom; Tipuka Oklembo Wøia; Tipuka Eltimbo Metepa (or Mitipa or Meta)

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

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

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: "Wøia (Wora’s brother), Tipuka Oklembo M". [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 24/01/2017]

Named Person: "Wora (wife of Tipuka Eltimbo Mitipa or Metepa), Tipuka Oklembo W". [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 24/01/2017]

Named Person: "Mitipa or Metepa (sometimes called Meta; husband of Wora), Tipuka Eltimbo M". [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 25/01/2017]

Related Archive: Marilyn Strathern lists: “Wora working new peanut patches with help of Run and Meta, next to her (Wora’s) brother Wøia marking out newly burnt garden with help of Mbom, wife of Tei. The garden is Wøia’s.” [word document file]

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