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The Rope of Moka: Big-Men and Ceremonial Exchange in Mount Hagen New Guinea

The Rope of Moka: Big-Men and Ceremonial Exchange in Mount Hagen New Guinea

Strathern, Andrew
Strathern
Fortes, Meyer

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Book 4

AnthropologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0521099579
ISBN13: 9780521099578
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Sep 11 1975
Pages: 284
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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 big-men, can maximize their status. Professor Strathern analyses the ways in which competition between big-men actually takes place, and the effects of this competition on the overall political system.

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