IDNO

N.132377.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: haus pik of Luluai to side of moka pena.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

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.

Context: haus pik = Pidgin term for pig house or a woman’s house. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/24/2017]

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]

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