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Kinship Terminology

Woodworking

Lithic Industries

Shipbuilding

Occupational Specialization

Exchange Transactions

Burial Practices and Funerals

Mourning

Cult of the Dead

History

Acculturation and Culture Contact

Religious Denominations

Missions

Linguistic Identification

Rest Days and Holidays

Dance

Organized Ceremonial

Ethnometeorology

Identification

Location

Social Control

Material Not Relevant

Regulation of Marriage

Mineral Resources

Arboriculture

Mining and Quarrying

External Trade

Clans

Settlement Patterns

Gift Giving

Termination of Marriage

Sorcery

Spirits and Gods

Prehistory

Property System

Property in Movables

Real Property

Incorporeal Property

Internal Trade

Status, Role, and Prestige

Gender Status

Magic

Magicians and Diviners

Division of Labor by Gender

Lumbering

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Instigation of War

Population

Outbuildings

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Culture Summary: Northeastern Massim

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

CREDITS

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

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

CONFLICT

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

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The Austronesian speaking Northeastern Massim peoples occupy a region encompassing the northeastern offshore islands of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Muyuw, by far the largest island, is also the name of the regional [i]lingua franca[/i], and a blanket term for Northeastern Massim peoples excepting those on Trobriand-influenced Yanaba and the Marshall Bennett Islands. Social organization is based on clans that function primarily in the selection of marriage partners, and subclans that function as property holding units. Traditionally, each clan recognized one man as its head, and the head of the most important clan on each island was recognized as the paramount chief. Kinship terminology is a variant of the Crow type used in the Trobriands. Subsistence is based on fishing and agriculture.

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