IDNO

N.132212.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: General view. Girls in foreground, amb wentep, with faces whitened.
At one stage dancers numbered 157, the crowd more than 300.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

14 August 1964

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.132206.MST - N.132224.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 15.

Related Archive: Marilyn Strathern lists for this series “Final display for wua peng moka, Kawelka to Tipuka.” [Strathern's word document file]

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]

Bibliographic Reference: See generally Andrew Strathern, The Rope of Moka (CUP 1971), and specifically for this prestation pp.123-29.

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