The Rope of Moka: Big-Men and Ceremonial Exchange in Mount Hagen New Guinea
(Book #4 in the Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521099579
ISBN13:9780521099578
Release Date:October 1975
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:284 Pages
Weight:0.84 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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