IDNO

T.133266.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Sequence of women dancers in performance in køi parka etc.

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.133264.MST - T.133285.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 59a.

Publication: Similar image [T.133274.MST] published in 'Self-Decoration in Mount Hagen', 1971, after p.164 and captioned: “Colour plate 20 The wives of men ‘helping’ a dance have combinations of feathers different from those of the donors’ wives, but the same brilliant face-paint”. [KH 21/11/2016]

Related Archive: Draft caption for similar image [T.133274.MST] in blue folder of book draft with the following text: “Kuli women dancing werl. Although they are not wearing the same combinations of feathers as the donors’ wives, their faces are as brilliantly coloured. The much more restrained face-painting used by the Kuli men can be seen in the photographs after page 87 [T.133214.MST and T.133219.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]

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]

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