IDNO

T.132612.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Women as above, with sunshade from the sun. Their bilums hung up on tangkets behind.

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Highlands Province; near Mbukl

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

16 September 1965

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.132612.MST - T.132648.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 35.

Context: bilum = Pidgin term for netbeg, in Melpa called wal. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/24/2017]

Context: tangket = Pidgin term for cordyline plant. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/18/2017]

Related Archive: Marilyn Strathern lists “Funeral continues." [Strathern word document file]

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