IDNO

N.132357.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Young unmarried woman bilased with flowers in hair, and with menstrual leaves tucked into front of her apron.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

18 January 1965

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.132354.MST - N.132361.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 25.

Context: bilased = decorated (Anglicized Pidgin). [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]