IDNO

T.133224.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 related black and white image [N.133259.MST] 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]

MAA Exhibition: Image included in a slide show entitled, 'Women in Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Fieldwork photos by Marilyn Strathern 1964 1995' in Pacific Currents display, Maudslay Gallery, 2018. [JD 03/04/202]

A grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation Historical Archives Program supported the documentation and preservation of the Strathern photographic collection. [JD 6/11/2017]