IDNO

N.132360.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Return of Minembi Yelipi with oil from Jimi [River valley] (see 0413 - 0414). Tubes of oil. Minembi Yelipi On has neka in bilum over his shoulder.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Minembi Yelipi

Named Person

Minembi Yelipi On

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

February 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.

Named Person: "On, Minembi Yelipi M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 12/5/2016]

Context: bilum = Pidgin term for netbeg, in Melpa called wal. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/24/2017]

Context: neka = Melpa term for the fruit of edible pandanus plant (Pidgin term = marita). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/25/2017]

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