IDNO

N.132280.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Kuk and her brother, wearing woman’s laplap, narrow belt … apron, beads. His sister stands next to him.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Membo

Named Person

Kawelka Membo Kuk

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.132279.MST - N.132285.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 21.

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

Context: laplap = Pidgin term for 'wrap-around skirt’ worn by either men or women, or general Pidgin term for imported calico or cotton cloth. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/24/2017]

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