IDNO

N.132052.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Garden being cut down preparatory to clearing, by owners of bush: Pundukl, Kaep and Rop.
Working fence posts, Puklum’s father (Pundukl) in foreground, Rop in background. The immediate bushes around (with long leaves) are cordylines (Pidgin tangket), which provide leaves for men’s bustles, are used as boundary markers, planted in ceremonial grounds, and serve as an important ‘divination substance’ for a tribe – across the Hagen area, men swearing oaths hold a cordyline leaf or branch.

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Highlands Province; Waimorong Garden ‘A 13’

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Membo; Kawelka Ngglammbo

Named Person

Kawelka Ngglammbo Kaep; Kawelka Ngglammbo Rop; Kawelka Ngglammbo Puklum; Kawelka Ngglammbo Pundukl

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: "Kaep (brother of Rop), Kawelka Ngglammbo M". [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 24/01/2017]

Named Person: "Rop (father of Ot; brother of Kaep), Kawelka Ngglammbo M". [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 24/01/2017]

Named Person: "Pundukl (father of Puklum and Noning; husband of Kukile), Kawelka Ngglammbo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 12/6/2016]

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]

Context: tangket = Pidgin term for cordyline plant. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/18/2017]

Publication: Image (printed in reverse) is published in Strathern, M., 2013. 'Learning to see in Melanesia: Four lectures given in the Department of Social Anthropology, Cambridge University, 1993–2008' (Hau Masterclass Vol 2), plate 26, with the following caption:
"Pundukl (see figure 25) is joined by his clansman Rop, making fences for a new garden near Mbukl out of one that has been in fallow for about seven years. Their attire does not give much away. Kawelka, Mt. Hagen, Western Highlands. 1964. Photograph: Marilyn Strathern." [JD 4/6/2017]

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