IDNO

T.132417.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Moka pena at Kelua number 1. Double poklambo of yar. [Separately as “M. 15.3.65”].

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

9 July 1965

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.132403.MST - T.132439.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 28.

Bibliographic Reference: See M. Strathern, ‘Why is the Pueraria a Sweet Potato?’ Ethnology 8 (2): 189-198, 1969.

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

Context: poklambo = a tree at one end of the ceremonial ground, consecrated to ancestral ghosts of the group owning the ceremonial ground (pp84,188) (Melpa). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/24/2017]

Context: yar = Pidgin term for casuarina tree. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/26/2017]

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