IDNO

N.132276.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Tipuka Kitepi Purwa’s sister, with Purwa’s two sons and a wife’s sister (Minembi Engambo?), coming into the singsing. Note the decorative tangkets in the aprons.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Tipuka Kitepi

Named Person

Tipuka Kitepi Purwa (Councillor)

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

10 January 1965

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.132271.MST - N.132278.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 20.

Related Archive: Marilyn Strathern lists for this series “Tipuka-Kawelka moka / singsing.” [Strathern's word document file]

Context: singsing = Pidgin term for a dance. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/18/2017]

Context: tangket = Pidgin term for cordyline plant. [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]