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Title: THE ROPE OF MOKA
BIG-MEN AND CEREMONIAL EXCHANGE IN MOUNT HAGEN NEW GUINEA
By: Andrew Strathern
Format: Paperback

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Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 11 September, 1975
Series: Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology 4
Pages: 284
Description: 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.
Synopsis: 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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Imprint: Cambridge University Press
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