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The Tonowi

The Kapauku people are found in the western area of the island New Guinea. They are an egalitarian tribe-level society whose complexities of trade are significantly linked to their political infrastructure of the ‘big man’ system. The Kapauku people are a unique society because of their nearly capitalist natures. While classified as egalitarian (no rank structure within the tribe), they have a huge focus on individual wealth, ownership, and assembly of wealth in the form of sweet potatoes, pigs, and cowrie shells (which function as a monetary exchange item). Their capitalist views of wealth and most especially ow

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Influence Kapauku, ‘big man’, sweet potatoes, kapauku people, tonowi position, sweet potatoes pigs, potatoes pigs cowrie, nearly capitalist, changeout rate, political infrastructure, potatoes pigs, cowrie shells, system kapauku,

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Approximate Word count = 433
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)


  

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