IDNO

N.132229.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: ‘Christian’ (appellation for one of the few baptised Christians at that time) Kont along with Tiki untying coffin, helped by Nøring and Pengk. (2015 = confirmed by Mande: Membo Kont, yes, but this is not a coffin box it is skin diwai (pidgin for bark, diwai meaning tree).) Coffin being lowered into grave.

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Highlands Province; near Mope; Koklǝni; ples masmas (burial ground)

Cultural Affliation

Klamakae; Kawelka Kurupmbo; Kawelka Membo; Kawelka Membo Køyambo

Named Person

Klamakae Pengk; Kawelka Membo Tiki; Kawelka Kurupmbo Kont; Kawelka Membo Nøring; Kawelka Membo Køyambo Mokla

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

31 August 1964

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.132225.MST - N.132246.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 16.

Related Archive: Marilyn Strathern lists for this series “burial of amb Mokla, Membo Køyambo woman.” [Strathern's word document file]

Named Person: "Pengk, Klamakae (tribe) M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 11/28/2016]

Named Person: "Tiki (father of Miti), Kawelka Membo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 12/7/2016]

Named Person: "Kont ("Christian Kont"; husband of Kawelka Ngglammbo Wora), Kawelka Kurupmbo M". [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 21/03/2017]

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

Named Person: "Mokla (wife of Tipuka Oklembo Ik), Kawelka Membo Køyambo W". [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 21/03/2017]

Context: skin diwai = Pidgin term for bark, diwai meaning tree. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/18/2017]

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