IDNO

DG.134726.MST

Description

On Strathern's listing: Dish of soft yam (from the coast) & rua kengena [special variety of cooking banana]; chicken and broccoli [from market] & kumu (kim kimbi) [from gardens or bush].

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Highlands Province; Kuk

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Collector / Expedition

Date

9 August 2015

Collection Name

Strathern Collection

Source

Strathern, Marilyn (Prof., Dame)

Format

None

Primary Documentation

Other Information

DG.134659.MST - DG.134737.MST were identified by Marilyn Strathern as Set 105.

Related Archive: cf. MS word list (8) 2015 on images in numerical / chronological order “B”.

Context: rua = banana (Melpa). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 5/3/2017]

Context: rua kengena = prized banana, very good for cooking. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/24/2017]

Context: kim kimbi = from gardens or bush (Melpa). [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/26/2017]

Context: kumu = Pidgin term for greens, leafy vegetables. [Strathern's Glossary word document, JD 4/27/2017]

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