Writing Down Donors

Rank-takings and kastom weddings both involve complex exchanges and donations of mats and pigs. Every wedding and 'hungwe' ceremony has at least one designated recorder charged with responsibility for writing down the transactions that occur.

• October 20, 1985

• Critchlow, Margaret
• Rodman, William L.

Folder: 1985-Series1 / File: 85 DT Huqe Writing Down Pigs

• Kastom
• Rank-taking

• East Ambae Island (Vanuatu)
• Lolomatui
• Longana village (Vanuatu)
• Melanesia
• Oceania
• Pacific Islands

• Ceremonial exchange
• Marriage customs and rites

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• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Shared Shelf: 24356896

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• Margaret Critchlow and William Rodman Papers
• Margaret Critchlow Papers

• Critchlow, Margaret
• Rodman, William L.

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2021-11-16