IDNO

T.132617.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: The kng elyp & kaukau, with visitors seated 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: kaukau = Pidgin term for sweet potato. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/24/2017]

Context: kng elyip = or kng elyip. A Melpa [Hagen] term for a category of funeral pig. MS notes: “I think I am right in saying these are pigs brought by secondary mourners for the principal mourners, and they will be returned at the major funeral distribution at end of mourning period.” [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/24/2017]

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]