IDNO

T.132145.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: 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.
Kaep bringing the two backed (= returned) kina to Əndipi’s group.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Membo Oyambo; Kawelka Membo; Tipuka Kengeke; Tipuka Kitepi

Named Person

Kawelka Membo Oyambo Əndipi; Kawelka "Membo" Kngal; Tipuka Kengeke Rəngi; Tipuka Kitepi Kaep

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: "Əndipi (husband of Kawelka Kurupmbo Ndip), Kawelka Membo Oyambo M ". [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 22/03/2017]

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]

Named Person: "Rəngi (wife of Kngal), Tipuka Kengeke W." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 22/03/2017]

Named Person: "Kaep, Tipuka Kitepi M". [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 22/03/2017]

Context: backed (e.g. kina) = Anglicized Pidgin term for ‘returned’ (e.g. kina). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/18/2017]

Context: kina = Pidgin term for pearlshells. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/26/2017]

Context: kng penal or penal kng = final stage in bridewealth transactions, when pork is taken from groom’s kin to bride’s kin. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/26/2017]

Context: penal kng = see kng penal. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/27/2017]

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]