IDNO

N.132302.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Membo wondering how to deal with the cow. Membo Kngal with back to camera (wearing cloth); a Ndika man in right foreground; Membo Rying in shorts & shorts; Kont with an axe [and dark handkerchief around head]. Cow on tangket leaves – children later pushed away.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Membo; Ndika; Kawelka Membo Oyambo

Named Person

Kawelka Membo Kngal; Kawelka Membo Rying; Kawelka Membo Oyambo Kont

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]

Named Person: "Kngal (son of Membo Əndipi’s sister and a Tipuka Kitepi man; lived with Əndipi and his wife Ndip; Ndip is Kngal's adopted mother; husband of Rəngi) Kawelka "Membo" M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 17/11/2016; KH 22/03/2017]

Named Person: "Rying, Kawelka Membo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 12/7/2016]

Named Person: "Kont (Komiti), Kawelka Membo Oyambo M". [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 24/01/2017]

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]