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From Muyuw to the TrobriandsBook 1990 • Damon, Frederick H.
Northeastern Massim • Oceania > Melanesia
This work examines the kula ring and cultural relationships in the Northern Massim region (northern maritime Milne Bay province), New Guinea—specifically on Muyuw (Woodlark) and the Trobriand islands. An attempt is made to explain these relationships...What moves the Kulaessay 1983 • Damon, Frederick H.
Northeastern Massim • Oceania > Melanesia
This is a study of the nature of the relationship between [n]vags[/n] (opening gifts) and [n]gulugwals[/n] (return gifts), stressing their equivalency and noting how they may be transformed into [n]kitoums[/n] (personally owned valuables) in the cont...The Muyuw Lo'un and the end of marriageessay 1989 • Damon, Frederick H.
Northeastern Massim • Oceania > Melanesia
This essay is a functional analysis of the Muyuw mortuary ceremony known as [n]lo'un[/n] that takes place months or even years after a burial. Also described is the inter-relationship of the [n]lo'un[/n] with two other Muyuw mortuary rituals -- the [...Kula Valuablesarticle 2002 • Damon, Frederick H.
Northeastern Massim • Oceania > Melanesia
In this article the author shows how the production, circulation, and individual possession of [n]kula[/n] valuables generates the major form of wealth for the people of Muyuw Island. The first part, addressing Marxist reformulation of exchange theor...Muyuw kinship and the metamorphosis of gender labourarticle 1983 • Damon, Frederick H.
Northeastern Massim • Oceania > Melanesia
This is an analysis of some of the major forms internal to Muyuw kinship terminology. Two of the forms examined are the concepts of "exchange" and "circulation" as they relate to kinship terminology and kinship ritual in the society....On the transformation of Muyuw into Woodlark Islandarticle 1983 • Damon, Frederick H.
Northeastern Massim • Oceania > Melanesia
This article describes the transformational events, both internal and external, that have taken place in Muyuw culture and society from the late nineteenth into the late twentieth centuries. These changes are particularly evident in [n]kula[/n] excha...Culture Summaryessay 2014 • Beierle, John & Damon, Frederick H.
Northeastern Massim • Oceania > Melanesia
This is a culture summary of the Northeastern Massim people. Information is presented on major aspects of Northeastern Massim culture....