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

by Andrew Strathern and Andrew J. Strathern

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• 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"