IDNO

N.132311.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Collecting taxes at Mbukl. Son of Ninji… Councillor Nøpil, Councillor Nggoemba ….

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Membo; Roklaka; ?Mokei

Named Person

Kawelka Membo Nggoemba (Councillor); Ninji; Roklaka Nøpil (Councillor)

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

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.

Named Person: "Nggoemba (Councillor; he spear-headed the Kawelka re-settlement of Kuk, starting in the 1960’s), Kawelka Membo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 11/11/2016]

Named Person: "Ninji, Big man of Central Melpa tribe near Mt. Hagen town (?Mokei) M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 11/28/2016]

Named Person: "Nøpil (Councillor), from Roklaka tribe M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 12/5/2016]

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