ANT 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Potlatch, Autonomous Communities Of Spain, Tunxis Community College
6 Jan 2021
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Generally speaking, good organizer, tireless workers, yet he has no greater access to resources than any of his fellows, participates in labor with followers, maintains position by being generous, constantly validating by gift giving, segalee ritual, etc. If he fails to be generous will be left. Ability to gain from the oruguku payments of others a a man has heavy responsibilities as he attempts to marry off his sisters to high status cluster leaders. Cluster leader as a valuable affine, attracted to him. Because he is a cluster leader may be polygamous. May have more than a single wife, means that he is collecting oruguku payments from multiple brothers in law which helps to create for him a fund where he can assert his generosity. Able to show generosity at the big man predecessor"s funeral seeks to consolidate the following of his predecessor payments that more in the opposite direction of the oruguku payments.
