IDNO

N.132203.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Tipuka-Kawelka wua peng. Penultimate practice.
Women making amb mørli ‘against’ the men; Mberem (Kawelka Kundmbo, a future wife of Ru) is looking at camera.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Kundmb; Kawelka Kurupmbo

Named Person

Kawelka Kundmb Mberem (Sarah); Kawelka Kurupmbo Ru

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

13 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: Marilyn Strathern lists for this series “Tipuka-Kawelka wua peng. Penultimate practice.” [Strathern's word document file]

Context: mørli = or amb mørli; informal dance performed by unmarried women (p49) on festival occasions. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/26/2017]

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]

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