IDNO

T.132139.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Tipuka Kitepi Rokopa tidying up the bilums (netbegs) before they are opened up.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Tipuka Kitepi; Kawelka Membo; Tipuka Kengeke

Named Person

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

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]