IDNO

T.132136.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Rəngi and Kontim carrying pork from Rəngi’s husband’s kin to her own kin.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Membo; Tipuka Kengeke

Named Person

Kontim; 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.

Named Person: "Kontim (amb wentep), W." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 25/11/2016]

Named Person: "Rəngi (wife of Kngal), Tipuka Kengeke W." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 12/7/2016]

Named Person: "Kngal (son of Membo Əndipi’s sister and a Tipuka Kitepi man; lived with Əndipi and his wife Ndip; Ndip is Kngal's adopted mother; husband of Rəngi) Kawelka "Membo" M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 17/11/2016; KH 22/03/2017]

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]