IDNO

T.133373.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Wig and bustle, now seen in colour! From the other side.

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Highlands Province; Yamka; Kelua no. 1

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (later Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

21 September 1967

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.133369.MST - T.133403.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 65.

Publication: Similar image [T.133375.MST] published in 'Self-Decoration in Mount Hagen', 1971, after p.164 and captioned: “Colour plate 31 A peng koem wig. Resin, which can be seen at the unpainted rim of the dome, stiffens the structure of hair and provides a hard base for the paint – here executed in a pattern called ‘swiftlet’s wings’. The stripes may also be called by the same term as a face design, kerua”. [KH 22/11/2016]

Related Archive: Draft caption for similar image [T.133375.MST] in document ‘Caption to colour pics used 'Self-Decoration in Mount Hagen', 1971 1-15’ with the following text: “A peng koem. With it is worn an example of the banana leaf bustle which has a decorated top. The head of the koem has been trimmed with a strip of marsupial fur; the top-knot of hair is covered temporarily with a white cloth - for dances, feathers would be stuck into it.” [Paper Archives will be deposited at Girton College, Cambridge, date to be confirmed. KH 22/11/2016]

Related Archive: Marilyn Strathern lists “Interlude at Kelua. […] Display of the peng koem. […] Yamka Pip’s (father’s) wig." [Strathern's word document file]

Bibliographic Reference: See Strathern, M., 'Self-Decoration in Mount Hagen' 1971: 84-89. [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]