IDNO

T.132153.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Kawelka Kurupmbo Køi in bilas nating (pidgin for informal / casual decoration with no particular meaning): leaves and petals collected from along roadside. [taken from “M.9.64”].

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Highlands Province; Mbukl

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Kurupmbo

Named Person

Kawelka Kurupmbo Køi

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

24 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: "Køi, Kawelka Kurupmbo (in Port Moresby and Mbukl) M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 11/28/2016]

Context: bilas nating = Pidgin term for informal / casual decoration with no particular meaning. [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]