IDNO

T.133194.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Close-up of above.

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.

Publication: Image published in 'Self-Decoration in Mount Hagen', 1971, after p.164 and captioned: “Colour plate 24 A woman’s decorations reflect the affluence and good connections of her husband, and it is probably her husband’s exchange tally that this dancer is wearing. The wine-red cordylines in her armband are of a kind that have the power to draw in wealth by their attractiveness”. [KH 22/11/2016]

Publication: Similar image in black and white [N.133242.MST] published in 'Self-Decoration in Mount Hagen', 1971, p.114 and captioned: “Plate 70 Kuli wife’s face painted in red, blue, white (Col. Pl. 24 [T.133194.MST]). Elements in the design of her face are shown in Fig. 4 [Fig. 4 is a drawing of a face paint pattern]”. [KH 30/11/2016]

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

Bibliographic Reference: Self-Decoration in Mount Hagen (1971: 75-82). [JD 4/6/2017]

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