Article: Myth, primogeniture and long distance trade-friends in Northwest New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

If the trade networks in New Britain, Papua New Guinea, were linked together in the manner of joining the dots to form an image, what would emerge is a picture of an extensive web of trade-friendships that directly or indirectly connect all of New Britain and its offshore island clusters. My focus here is on the non-specialist, non-institutionalized networks of trade-friendships among the 1500 Bariai speakers in the Bariai district and with whom I have conducted ethnographic field research. (1) I locate the Bariai within the extensive trade network of northwest New Britain to focus on how individual trade-friendships are integral to the achievement and demonstration of ...

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