IDNO

N.132238.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Men cooked the food; here the line of women waiting for distribution (at Pəng).

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Highlands Province; Pəng; manga rapa

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Membo Køyambo

Named Person

Kawelka Membo Køyambo Mokla

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

3 September 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 “Funeral feast for Mokla.” [Strathern's word document file]

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: manga rapa = men’s house (Melpa). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/24/2017]

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