IDNO

N.132270.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Putting on the netted omb wøny, over polythene bag.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

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: wøny = hair cover (Melpa). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/26/2017]

Context: omb wøny = or wal wøny; Netted head covering (see for example description of object MAA 1967.2 and 1967.42). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/27/2017]

Related Object: MAA 1967.2 "Man's net covering for wig. A finely knitted net covering, made in the fashion of ceremonial net aprons, with marsupial fur interwoven in decorative bands. It has a blue-dyed thread as well as a natural coloured thread. (The blue dye is a vegetable dye, made from the leaves of a small shrub which are squeezed and then heated)." From Buk, Mount Hagen Area. Donated by A.M. and A.J. Strathern, 1967. [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]