IDNO

T.133209.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Massed entry of men dancers. Marilyn Strathern notes: “There were several such entries by different sets of men dancers. NB they ‘massed’ like this both to enter the ceremonial ground in style and after the dancing in celebrating the handover of valuables.”.

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 similar image [T.133214.MST] in document ‘Captions to colour pics not used SDMH ['Self-Decoration in Mount Hagen', 1971] A – L’ with the following text: “The Kuli moka: dancers making their entry, running and stamping kanan. 2 [T.133214.MST] shows a group of the donors dressed in a style that is also conventional for Central and Northern Melpa (with køi wal, Saxony sprays and the sticks of the Blue bird above Enga wigs. In the upper photograph [T.133219.MST] Saxony feathers are worn above the Red bird plumes, but in the middle distance can be seen a dancer with his wig covered in parrots or lorikeets, while in the foreground a man has in addition the long black feathers of the Sickle Bill.” [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: 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]