IDNO

T.133220.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Series on women’s decorations.

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 21 A simple red parrot circlet marks this woman as belonging to a group who plan to hold their own festivals at a later stage, and now dance without full head-dresses”. [KH 21/11/2016]

Related Archive: Draft caption for image in blue folder of book draft with the following text: “One of the women with ’no feathers’. Instead of the full plumage she wears a brown cassowary headdress above a fringe of scarlet puklør parrot feathers. The marsupial fur band round her forehead is especially prized for its light, pale colour. Note the green beetles set into the yellow orchid stem frame. See photograph 95 [N.133258.MST]. ” [Paper Archives will be deposited at Girton College, Cambridge, date to be confirmed. KH 21/11/2016]

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]