IDNO

T.132627.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Procession of women from haus pik to koklamanga (general term for funeral house or house of mourning, place where people gather to mourn) (preparations for building fire for cooking stones in foreground).

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

18 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: haus pik = Pidgin term for pig house or a woman’s house. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/24/2017]

Context: koklamanga = funeral; general term for funeral house or house of mourning, place where people gather to mourn. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/25/2017]

Related Archive: Marilyn Strathern lists “Minembi Rying’s 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]