IDNO

T.132151.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Unusual practice of bananas being given away as well, as an extra, to be eaten with the pigs. These are a prized banana very good for cooking called rua [= banana] kengena. Kitepi Purwa, son of Kuri, a Councillor and aspiring big man, especially wanted a picture taken of the bananas. Kents moka pena (ceremonial ground).

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Tipuka Kitepi

Named Person

Tipuka Kitepi Purwa (Councillor)

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: "Purwa (Councillor; son of Kuri and Kundmbo Nomane; brother to Koka, Kengenǝ, and Mapa, father to Robert Purwa), Tipuka Kitepi M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 12/6/2016]

Context: rua = banana (Melpa). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 5/3/2017]

Context: rua kengena = prized banana, very good for cooking. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/24/2017]

Context: moka pena = ceremonial ground. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/24/2017]

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