IDNO

N.132375.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: House of Luluai Tetep (Elti Andakomine), at Kelua moka pena. Luluai is a pidgin title of an official given in early days of Australian Administration (like ‘head man’). Luluai was the ‘chief’ head man, Tultul his deputy.

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Highlands Province; Mt. Hagen; Kelua

Cultural Affliation

Elti Andakomine

Named Person

Elti Andakomine Tetep (Luluai)

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

July 1965

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.132370.MST - N.132402.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 27.

Named Person: "Tetep (Luluai), Elti Andakomine M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 12/7/2016]

Context: Andakomine = clan name, means ‘elder grandfather’. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/18/2017]

Context: Luluai = Pidgin title of an official given in early days of Australian Administration (like ‘head man’). Luluai was the ‘chief head man’, Tultul his deputy. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/24/2017]

Context: moka pena = ceremonial ground. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/24/2017]

Context: Tultul = Pidgin title of an official given in early days of Australian Administration (like ‘head man’). Luluai was the ‘chief head man’, tultul his deputy. [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]