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  3. The Rope of Moka
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      02 November 2009
      02 July 1971
      ISBN:
      9780511558160
      9780521099578
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511558160
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      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.38kg, 284 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Social and Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology (4)
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    Subjects:
    Social and Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology (4)
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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 actually takes place, and the effects of this competition on the overall political system.

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