IDNO

T.133273.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Massed line women dancers and drums, pausing, some of their audience visible.

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.

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]

Publication: Image published in Strathern, M., 2013. 'Learning to see in Melanesia: Four lectures given in the Department of Social Anthropology, Cambridge University, 1993–2008' (Hau Masterclass Vol 2), plate 39, with the following caption:
"Women pausing in their dancing. The bailer shells they have on their chests circulated in the Hagen area as minor valuables for a brief period. Kuli, Mt. Hagen, Western Highlands. 1967. Photograph: Marilyn Strathern." [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]