Pre-Capitalism and Cosmology / J. Miedema.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miedema, J., author.

Series:

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 120.

VKI Online.

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 120

VKI Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mejprat (New Guinean people)--Economic conditions.

Mejprat (New Guinean people).

Mejprat (New Guinean people)--Fishing.

Mejprat (New Guinean people)--Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : Brill, 1986.

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.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Jelle Miedema

Introduction / Jelle Miedema

Chapter I Fishery / Jelle Miedema

Chapter II Pre-Capitalism and Cosmology / Jelle Miedema

Notes / Jelle Miedema

References / Jelle Miedema.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Pre-Capitalism and Cosmology.

ISBN:

9789004454439

9789067652094

OCLC:

648553261

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004454439 DOI

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.