IDNO

T.132721.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Puklum holding length of pitpit, hoping a pokl worm will be inside showing the worm on his hands.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Kawelka Ngglammbo

Named Person

Kawelka Ngglammb Puklum

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

October 1965

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.1326701.MST - N.132722.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 38.

Named Person: "Puklum (son of Pundukl and Kukile; husband of Ka; brother of Noning; Puklum never went to Port Moresby), Kawelka Ngglammbo M." [Information provided by Marilyn Strathern on 'List of Personal Names', JD 12/6/2016]

Context: pitpit = Pidgin term for wild sugar cane grasses (see description of object MAA 1968.230 A+B). [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]