IDNO

T.132148.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Tipuka (tribe) Kitepi (clan) Kuri (personal name) with two køi parka feathers discussing with other Kitepi men before the prestation ….

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Tipuka Kitepi

Named Person

Tipuka Kitepi Kuri

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

19 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.

Named Person: "Kuri (father of Purwa), Tipuka Kitepi M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 26/11/2016]

Context: køi parka = Paradisaea raggiana raggiana (Sclater), a subspecies of the Red bird of paradise (pp. 29, 184). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/26/2017]

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