IDNO

N.132278.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Throng around the singers / dancers. Women singing amb mørli. On the left is the brother of amb Kuk (wife of Kawelka Ngglammbo Ongka) who dresses in women’s clothes.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Membo; Kawelka Ngglammbo

Named Person

Kawelka Membo Ruk; Kawelka Ngglammbo Ongka

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]

Named Person: "Ongka (husband of Tipuka Wanyembo Kae and Kawelka Kundmbo Rombukl and Kawelka Membo Ruk; father of Yara, Wan, Namba, Kopil, and David), Kawelka Ngglammbo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 11/29/2016, KH 23/03/2017]

Context: mørli = or amb mørli; informal dance performed by unmarried women (p49) on festival occasions. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/26/2017]

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