IDNO

N.132049.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Work for Kawelka Ngglammbo Puklum’s new house. Taking up kunai grass from Ongka’s bush (also Kawelka Ngglammbo): Puklum, his mother Kukile (looking at camera), Tipuka Kitepi Rokopa and a boy. The grass is for thatch.

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Highlands Province; near Mbukl; Waimorong

Cultural Affliation

Tipuka Kendike; Kawelka Ngglammbo; Tipuka Kitepi; Tipuka Oklembo

Named Person

Tipuka Kendike Kukile; Kawelka Ngglammbo Ongka; Kawelka Ngglammb Puklum; Tipuka Kitepi Rokopa

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

18 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: "Puklum (son of Pundukl and Kukile; husband of Ka; brother of Noning; Puklum never went to Port Moresby), Kawelka Ngglammbo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 12/6/2016]

Named Person: "Rokopa, Tipuka Kitepi M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 12/6/2016]

Named Person: "Ongka (husband of Tipuka Wanyembo Kae and Kawelka Kundmbo Rombukl and Kawelka Membo Ruk/Kuk; father of Yara, Wan, Namba, Kopil, and David), Kawelka Ngglammbo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 11/29/2016, KH 23/03/2017]

Context: kunai = Pidgin term for a type of tall grass used in thatching. [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]