IDNO

T.133285.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: March past of the køi wal male dancers.

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]

Context: køi wal = ‘a bag of birds’, i.e. various kinds of plumage stitched together (p.29). To from a plaque, part of headdress of moka-givers. (Melpa). [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]