Residence

Rules of Descent

Lineages

Clans

Phratries

Moieties

Territorial Hierarchy

Household

Division of Labor by Gender

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Visual Arts

Childhood Activities

Identification

Location

Climate

Topography and Geology

Flora

Status, Role, and Prestige

Life and Death

Burial Practices and Funerals

Special Burial Practices and Funerals

Eschatology

Bibliographies in Sources

Real Property

Inheritance

Kinship Terminology

Visiting and Hospitality

Mode of Marriage

Arranging a Marriage

Termination of Marriage

Secondary Marriages

Polygamy

Premarital Sex Relations

Woven and Other Interworked Fabrics

Normal Garb

Ornament

Bone, Horn, and Shell Technology

Lithic Industries

Weapons

General Tools

Utensils

Production and Supply

Domesticated Animals

Gift Giving

Medium of Exchange

Exchange Transactions

Internal Trade

External Trade

Retail Marketing

Ingroup Antagonisms

Inter-Community Relations

Instigation of War

Sorcery

Shamans and Psychotherapists

Organization and Analysis of Results

Borrowing and Lending

Music

Dance

Community Heads

Social Control

Informal in-Group Justice

Sanctions

Judicial Authority

Trial Procedure

Collecting

Hunting and Trapping

Tillage

Accumulation of Wealth

Ethics

Population

Preventive Medicine

Theory of Disease

Magical and Mental Therapy

Community Structure

Dwellings

Outbuildings

Building Interiors and Arrangement

Settlement Patterns

Housing

Buying and Selling

Reviews and Critiques

Material Not Relevant

Cosmology

Mythology

Spirits and Gods

Transmission of Skills

Puberty and Initiation

Glossary

Linguistic Identification

History

Acculturation and Culture Contact

External Relations

Missions

CULTURE SUMMARY: KAPAUKU

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

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RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

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The Kapauku live in the Central Highlands of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Much of Kapauku territory is above 1,500 meters with three large lakes and diverse vegetation zones. Although they are generally treated as a single cultural group, there are variations in dialect and in social and cultural practice across Kapauku territory. Their language, Ekagi (Ekari), is in the Papuan language family. Their economy is based largely on the cultivation of sweet potato, the raising of pigs and trade. European contact with the Kapauku did not occur until 1938, when a Dutch government post was established at Paniai Lake.

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