IDNO

T.132135.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Preparation of bilums (netbegs to carry the pork) by husband’s kin.
Final stage in bridewealth transactions, when pork is taken from groom’s kin to bride’s kin.

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Highlands Province; Tipuka Kengeke moka pena [Puklapei]

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Membo; Tipuka Kengeke

Named Person

Kawelka "Membo" Kngal; Tipuka Kengeke Rəngi

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

10 June 1964

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.132135.MST - N.132153.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 11.

Related Archive: Marilyn Strathern lists: The penal kng or kng penal (final stage in bridewealth transactions, when pork is taken from groom’s kin to bride’s kin) for Kngal & his bride Rəngi.

Context: bilum = Pidgin term for netbeg, in Melpa called wal. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/24/2017]

Related Archive: Marilyn Strathern lists: The penal kng or kng penal (final stage in bridewealth transactions, when pork is taken from groom’s kin to bride’s kin) for Kngal & his bride Rəngi." [Strathern'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]