IDNO

T.133221.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.

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: “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 16/11/2016]

Related Archive: Draft caption for a related black and white image [N.133259.MST] referring to the woman in the back in blue folder of book draft with the following text: “One of the wives of men whose own moka was imminent, but who were not participating as donors or recipients on this occasion. As far as the circlet of puklør parrot feathers above the Superb plume, she is fully ornamented. But instead of a further spray of feathers, she has only two lorikeets.” [Paper Archives will be deposited at Girton College, Cambridge, date to be confirmed. 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]