IDNO

T.133219.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Massed entry of men. They were behind the køi wal men and are themselves wearing parka without køi wal.

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.

Context: køi parka = Paradisaea raggiana raggiana (Sclater), a subspecies of the Red bird of paradise (pp. 29, 184). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/26/2017]

Context: køi wal = ‘a bag of birds’, i.e. various kinds of plumage stitched together (p.29). To from a plaque, part of headdress of moka-givers. (Melpa). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/26/2017]

Related Archive: Draft caption for image 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]