IDNO

N.132168.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Tipuka Eltimbo Ka (daughter of Kokl) & Kawelka Ngglammbo Kopil (daughter of Ruk) dressed up to see singsing (pidgin for a dance). Two little girl coming into category of amb wentep (marriageable, courting girls.).

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Ngglammbo; Tipuka Eltimbo; Kawelka Membo

Named Person

Kawelka Ngglammbo Kokl; Tipuka Eltimbo Ka; Kawelka Ngglammbo Kopil; Kawelka Membo Ruk

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

6 August 1964

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.132162.MST - N.132169.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 13.

Named Person: "Kopil (daughter of Ongka and Ruk/Kuk, wife of a Tipuka Kitepi man) Kawelka Ngglammbo W." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 20/03/2017]

Named Person: "Ka (daughter of Kokl; wife of Puklum), Tipuka Eltimbo W." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 24/11/2016]

Context: Amb wentep = female counterpart of a (wua) kumndip, i.e. a young girl of courting age, marriageable girl. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/18/2017]

Context: singsing = Pidgin term for a dance. [Strathern's Glossary 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]