The rope of moka: big-men and ceremonial exchange in Mount Hagen, New Guinea / Andrew Strathern
1971, 1st Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #354142
Physical description: xv, 254 pages. Contents:
Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Groups; 3. Ceremonial grounds; 4. Warfare, alliance, and compensation; 5. Moka transactions and media of exchange; 6. Moka chains; 7. Counting pigs and shells; 8. Disputes and struggles precipitated by moka occasions; 9. Moka and the status of big-man; 10. The moka system and the behaviour of big-men; Appendices. Subjects: Ceremonial exchange Papua New Guinea.
Ethnology Papua New Guinea Hagen, Mount Region. Ethnology New Guinea (Ter.) Mount Hagen. Hagen, Mount Region.
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