IDNO

N.132246.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Talking / swearing on the mi totem.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

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.

Context: mi = substance, usually a plant, with which each tribe is associated (p194); sometimes translated as ‘totem’, it is used in divination. Can also be a taboo sign. (Melpa). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/25/2017]

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