IDNO

T.133211.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Massed entry of men dancers, charging by in formation.

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: Similar image [T.133214.MST] published in SDMH ['Self-Decoration in Mount Hagen', 1971], after p.164 and captioned: “Colour plate 4 Donors at a Kuli festival make their kanan-dance entry, distinguished by feather plaques above the black Enga-style wigs”. [KH 21/11/2016]

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]