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The Heart of the Pearl Shell : the mythological dimension of Foi sociality

Weiner, James F.

 Berkeley : University of California Press, 1988

"For the Foi people who live on the edge of the central highlands of Papua New Guinea, the flow of pearl shells is the "heart" of their social life. The pearl shell is the exchange item that mediates the creation of their most important sexual and social roles."Publisher description