FOOD AND WEALTH: Ceremonial objects as signs of identity in Tonga and in Wallis

It was primarily the objects used in ceremonial exchanges by the Samoans and the Maori which provided Mauss, in his essay, The Gift, with the opportunity to discuss the system of ritual gift-exchange found in Polynesia.¹ Since this essay, Mauss has become an obligatory reference on the question, a b...

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1. Verfasser:	Françoise Douaire-Marsaudon
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anthropology Applied anthropology Applied sciences Behavioral sciences Beverages Ceremonial objects Ceremonies Coconut oil Cultural anthropology Cultural customs Edible oils and fats Ethnography Ethnology Food Food science Foodstuffs Human populations Kava Men Non alcoholic beverages Pacific studies Persons Polynesian studies Population studies Rites of passage Ritual exchange Rituals Root tubers Root vegetables Social sciences Tubers Vegetable oils Vegetables Yams
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Zusammenfassung:	It was primarily the objects used in ceremonial exchanges by the Samoans and the Maori which provided Mauss, in his essay, The Gift, with the opportunity to discuss the system of ritual gift-exchange found in Polynesia.¹ Since this essay, Mauss has become an obligatory reference on the question, a bit like a tradition which has grown up and now dictates that any discussion of Polynesian ceremonial exchanges must begin with Samoa and/or the Maori.² The present article suggests a shift of focus to other parts of Polynesia: the societies of Tonga and Wallis. Two types of ceremonial objects will be