IDNO

N.132218.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Kont’s wife trying to get to the dancers; Komiti (title for people who assisted local government councillors) Ndoa in foreground.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

?Tipuka; Kawelka Membo Oyambo

Named Person

Tipuka Ndoa (Komiti); Kawelka Membo Oyambo Kont

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]

Named Person: "Ndoa (Komiti), probably from Tipuka M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 11/11/2016]

Named Person: "Kont (Komiti), Kawelka Membo Oyambo M". [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 24/01/2017]

Context: Komiti = Pidgin title of an official in the new Local Government Council regime, he is the deputy and assistant to a Councillor or Kaunsel. [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 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]