IDNO

N.132263.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Oke working on a wig for a singsing (pidgin for a dance), putting on burs as basis for a wig covering (see 0337).

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Highlands Province; Mt. Hagen; Kelua

Cultural Affliation

Elti Weimb

Named Person

"Elti Weimb" Oke

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

December 1964

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.132263.MST - N.132270.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 19.

Context: singsing = Pidgin term for a dance. [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]