Dangerous woods and perilous pearl shells: The Fabricated Politics of a Longhouse in Pangia, Papua New Guinea

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-89

  Strathern, Andrew ^a   Stewart, Pamela J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gift; Longhouse; Modernity; Pangia; Papua New Guinea; Politics of tradition; Sorcery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038343244     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135918350000500104     Document Type: Article

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