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One father, one blood : descent and group structure among the Melpa people.
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ISBN: 0422740500 Year: 1972 Publisher: London Tavistock

The rope of moka : big-men and ceremonial exchange in Mount Hagen, New Guinea
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ISBN: 052107987X 9780521099578 9780521079877 9780511558160 0521099579 0511558163 Year: 1971 Volume: 4 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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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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" A brother is a creative thing " : change and conflict in a Melpa family (Papua New Guinea)

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Inequality in new Guinea Highlands societies
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ISBN: 9780521107846 0521107849 Year: 2009 Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge university press,

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Les Papous : peintures corporelles, parures et masques
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Year: 1981 Publisher: Parijs Hachette

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Flutes, birds, and heir in Hagen, Papua New Guinea

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initiations --- New Guinea


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By toil or by guile ? The use of coils and crescents by Tolai and Hagen big-man

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Inequality in New Guinea highlands societies
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ISBN: 0521244897 Year: 1982 Volume: no. 11 Publisher: Cambridge,New York : Cambridge University Press,

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The rope of moka : big-men and ceremonial exchange in Mount Hagen, New Guinea
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