IDNO

N.132224.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Young women in a circle dancing amb mørli in response, with throng around them.

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

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

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]