IDNO

N.132379.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Court held by Komiti Køya, Kelua moka pena.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Elti Weimb

Named Person

Elti Weimb Køya

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

4 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: "Køya (Komiti; husband of Puri; father of Pindiki, and Køpit), Elti Weimb M". [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', KH 23/03/2017]

Context: Komiti = Pidgin title of an official in the new Local Government Council regime, he is the deputy and assistant to a Councillor or Kaunsel. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/26/2017]

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]