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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.

Ceremonial exchange --- Ethnology --- Echange cérémoniel --- #SBIB:39A10 --- #SBIB:39A76 --- 392.7 --- -Ethnology --- -Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Gift exchange --- Exchange --- Rites and ceremonies --- Antropologie: religie, riten, magie, hekserij --- Etnografie: Oceanië --- Vriendschap. Vijandschap. Gastvrijheid. Bloedwraak. Vendetta --- -Antropologie: religie, riten, magie, hekserij --- 392.7 Vriendschap. Vijandschap. Gastvrijheid. Bloedwraak. Vendetta --- -392.7 Vriendschap. Vijandschap. Gastvrijheid. Bloedwraak. Vendetta --- Cultural anthropology --- Echange cérémoniel --- Social Sciences