IDNO

N.132156.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Bridewealth for Kawelka Kundmbo Kiklpuklmbo amb Ruin (for the woman Ruin from Kawelka Kundmbo Kiklpuklmbo)… Bride’s father Ndamba inspecting the pearlshells.

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Highlands Province; Northern Melpa

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Kundmbo Kiklpuklmbo

Named Person

Kawelka Kundmbo Kiklpuklmbo Ndamba; Kawelka Kundmbo Kiklpuklmbo Ruin

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

May 1964

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.132154.MST - N.132161.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 12.

Named Person: "Ndamba (husband of Minembi Kimbo Wøya; father of Ruin and Nykint), Kawelka Kundmbo Kiklpuklmbo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 22/03/2017]

Named Person: "Ruin (daughter of Ndamba), Kawelka Kundmbo Kiklpuklmbo W." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 07/12/2016]

Context: amb = woman, wife. [Strathern's Glossary, Archived word document, JD 4/18/2017]

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