IDNO

T.132530.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: First view of Num Kundi or Num Kuntr (‘red lake’), looking northwest to the Wabag hills. The ‘red lake’ was said to be the dangerous abode of a mountain spirit. There was also a ‘black lake’ that held no such dangers.

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

15 August 1965

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.132513.MST - T.132531.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 31.

Related Archive: Marilyn Strathern lists for this series “Climbing Mt. Hagen (from Kelua).” [Strathern's word document file]

Context: nu kund = red lake (p163) (Melpa). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/26/2017]

Context: nu pombora = dark lake (p163). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/26/2017

Context: Num Kundi = ‘red lake’, a specific, named lake in Mt. Hagen area. [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]