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The Rope of Moka: Big-men and Ceremonial Exchange in Mount Hagen New Guinea (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)
The Rope of Moka Bigmen and Ceremonial Exchange in Mount Hagen New Guinea - Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Author: Andrew Strathern
In the Mount Hagen area of central New Guinea, warfare has been replaced since the arrival of the Europeans by a vigorous development of moka, a competitive ceremonial exchange of wealth objects. The exchanges of pigs, shells and other valuables are interpreted as acting as a bond between groups, and as a means whereby individuals, notably the b...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521099578
ISBN-10: 0521099579
Publication Date: 10/31/1975
Pages: 284
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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