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Economic and social uses of domestic pigs in Siuai, southern Bougainville, Solomon Islands
Studies in the anthropology of Bougainville, Solomon Islands • 29 (3) • Published In 1949 • Pages: 29
By: Oliver, Douglas L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document discusses pig-hunting and pig-raising, and examines the overall significance of pigs in the Siwai economy. Pigs are exchanged for shell money that is used in everyday economic transactions. As much as Siwais love to eat pork, pigs are not bought or raised just for consumption. Rather, the exchange of pigs plays important roles in social and political life, especially in status-enhancing feasts. Pigs are consumed only at feasts, which are held at life-changing events, including christenings, marriages, and funerals. The author discusses the intricate process of the raising, loaning, and accounting of pigs that occurs around status-enhancing feasts.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Hunting and trapping
- Domesticated animals
- Price and value
- Exchange transactions
- External trade
- Accounting
- Status, role, and prestige
- Manipulative mobility
- Visiting and hospitality
- Household
- Extended families
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Siwai
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Melanesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2014
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1938-1939
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1938-1939
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern Bougainville, North Solomons Province, Papua New Guinea
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Douglas L. Oliver
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 29)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 49010695
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Siuai (Papuan people)