IDNO

N.132187.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: “Tipuka-Kawelka wua peng [death compensation payment]. Specifically the clans (Kawelka) Mandembo (= Ngglammbo & Kurupmbo) and Membo giving to (Tipuka) Kitepi and Oklembo. Kawelka practising.”
Mbukl moka pena (ceremonial ground).
Side view, Kawelka Membo Oyambo Əndipi’s son at the end; Oklembo Ken 3 away.
Little boys dancing with the men are often put at the end of the line.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Tipuka Oklembo; Kawelka Membo Oyambo

Named Person

Tipuka Oklembo Ken; Kawelka Membo Oyambo Əndipi

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

5 August 1964

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.132170.MST - N.132205.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 14.

Related Archive: Related Archive: Marilyn Strathern lists for this series “Tipuka-Kawelka wua peng [death compensation payment]. Specifically the clans (Kawelka) Mandembo [= Ngglammbo & Kurupmbo] and Membo giving to (Tipuka) Kitepi and Oklembo. Kawelka practising.”

Named Person: "Ken, Tipuka Oklembo (in Port Moresby and Mbukl) M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 24/11/2016]

Named Person: "Əndipi (husband of Kawelka Kurupmbo Ndip), Kawelka Membo Oyambo M ". [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 22/03/2017]

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

Context: peng = head (p86) (Melpa). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/27/2017]

Context: wua peng = ‘men’s head’ payment = war death compensation (MS word document “Order B (3) 1967”, p.1). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/26/2017]

Bibliographic Reference: See generally Andrew Strathern, The rope of moka (CUP 1971), and specifically for this prestation pp123-29. [Strathern's word document file]

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