IDNO

N.132287.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Ongka, Purwa and Kote looking at / inspecting newly killed cow. Note Ongka’s omak (bamboo tally).

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Membo Køyambo; Kawelka Ngglammbo; Tipuka Kitepi

Named Person

Kawelka Membo Køyambo Kote (his Christian name; his Hagen name is Rangk); Kawelka Ngglammbo Ongka; Tipuka Kitepi Purwa (Councillor)

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

12 January 1965

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.132286.MST - N.132312.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 22.

Related Archive: Marilyn Strathern lists for this series “Killing of the cows at Tipuka-Kawelka moka.” [Strathern's word document file]

Context: omak = set of bamboo tally sticks worn by men, which indicate how many times they have given away sets of eight or then shells in moka (p37) (Melpa). [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]