Pre-Capitalism and Cosmology / / J. Miedema.
In this article, the author attempts to demonstrate that the study of inland fisheries can provide additional insight into the culture of the Meybrat, a tribal community living around the Ayamaru lakes in the northern part of the Western Bird's Head of Irian Jaya. The author discusses the follo...
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| Superior document: | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 120 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden; , Boston : : Brill,, 1986. |
| Year of Publication: | 1986 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ;
120. VKI Online. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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| Other title: | Preliminary Material / Introduction / Chapter I Fishery / Chapter II Pre-Capitalism and Cosmology / Notes / References / |
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| Summary: | In this article, the author attempts to demonstrate that the study of inland fisheries can provide additional insight into the culture of the Meybrat, a tribal community living around the Ayamaru lakes in the northern part of the Western Bird's Head of Irian Jaya. The author discusses the following: the significance of pusaka (sacred hereditary goods) in fishery; the role of ancestor worship and cosmology; the rise of a class of native immigrant 'big men' such as 'bankers' in ikat textiles ( kain timur ); the role of imported kain pusaka as part of the so-called kain timur -complex; newly discovered aspects of myths from the western and eastern Bird's Head, that are often culturally imposed. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004454438 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | J. Miedema. |