IDNO

T.133191.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Two women [see bl & wh pics e.g. 1241.67] get ready in their decorations. Marilyn Strathern notes: “I went back to these women to photograph them in colour.”

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Highlands Province; Mt. Hagen; Kuli tribal area

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

16 September 1967

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.133191.MST - T.133227.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 58a.

Related Archive: Draft caption for image 'A' in document ‘Captions to colour pics not used SDMH ['Self-Decoration in Mount Hagen', 1971] A – L’ with the following text: “Women assemble to dance werl. Their ceremonial aprons, made from reeds, as well as their armlets, are decorated with leaves and grasses and cordylines. The woman at the back has crimson cordyline leaves in her armbands, while the woman nearest the camera has malt and kuklumb leaves as well. (See also photograph after page 154 [T.132876.MST].)” [Paper Archives will be deposited at Girton College, Cambridge, date to be confirmed. KH 16/11/2016]

Related Archive: Marilyn Strathern lists “The Kuli moka.” [Strathern's word document file]

Bibliographic Reference: See M. Strathern, Self-Decoration in Mount Hagen (1971: 75-82).


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