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University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations 1974 Melanesians as Methodists: Economy and Marriage on a Papua and New Guinea Island Stuart James Berde University of Pennsylvania, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations Part of the Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons Recommended Citation Berde, Stuart James, "Melanesians as Methodists: Economy and Marriage on a Papua and New Guinea Island" (1974). Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations. Paper 1539. Author's correspondence information (as of 6/27/16): sberde44 at gmail.com 1308 Ravenhurst Drive Raleigh, NC 27615 This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. http://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/1539 For more information, please contact [email protected]. Melanesians as Methodists: Economy and Marriage on a Papua and New Guinea Island Degree Type Dissertation Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Graduate Group Anthropology Subject Categories Social and Cultural Anthropology Comments Author's correspondence information (as of 6/27/16): sberde44 at gmail.com 1308 Ravenhurst Drive Raleigh, NC 27615 This dissertation is available at ScholarlyCommons: http://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/1539 74-22,808 BERDE, Stuart Janes, 1944- MELANESIANS AS METHODISTS: ECONOMY AND MARRIAGE ON A PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA ISLAND. University o f Pennsylvania, Ph.D ., 1974 Anthropology University Microfilms, A XEROX Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan COPYRIGHT Stuart Janes Berde © 197L Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. MELANESIANS AS METHODISTS; ECONOMY AND MARRIAGE ON A PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA ISLAND Stuart James Berde A DISSERTATION in Anthropology Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of the University of Pennsylvania in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy 19711 S u p e rv is o r Ward H. Goodenough Graduate Group Chairman Francis E. Johnston Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Acknowledgements My in itial interest in southeast New Guinea began through a seminar led by Dr. William Davenport at the University of Pennsylvania in the Spring of 1968. Dr. Davenport and Dr. Ward Goodenough, my dis­ sertation adviser, have offered valuable suggestions throughout the planning of the research. While in New Guinea, I received financial support from the National Science Foundation and the University of Pennsylvania Museum. My host institutions were the New Guinea Research Unit, School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, and the Department of Anthropology, The University of Papua New Guinea. I would like to thank Marian Ward and James Toner from the Research Unit, and I would like to thank Ann Chowning, and Ralph and Sue Bulmer from the University. The station community at Bwagaoia, Misima provided open hospitality to me throughout my field stay in the Misima Sub-district. The follow­ ing people deserve special thanks: Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Bell, Mr. E. Ryan, Mr. and Mrs. A. Munt, Mr. and Mrs. G. Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. W. Paraskas, Messrs. Kenneth and John Kiowa, Mr. and Mrs. G. Fitskiming, and the Loaga Mission personnel. I would especially like to thank Mr. and Mrs. I. Eauofa, who spent twenty-seven years in the Misima area. I have benefited from to. Hauofa's understanding of the Misiman language. Finally, I would like to thank the Australian Administration at Misima and the Louisiade Local Government Council. The Assistant D istrict Commissioner, Mr. W. Speldiwinde, provided all possible assistance to me during my stay in his area. Mr. and Mrs. Speldiwinde were excellent h o s t s . i i i Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. In my eighteen months as guest of the Panaeati people, I was given all of the attention that one could hope for. Panaeati people were gracious and helpful from the first until the last day of my stay. No anthropologist could have asked for a better place to live and work. As the remarks in the text w ill show, Panaeati people have a lively and a rewarding life today. Some of their liveliness rubbed off on me. And I am grateful. A few names from the many friends and helpers on Panaeati deserve mention: Senibalo, Tcgilo, Petueli, Dolo, Dini and K ipli, David, Misa, Banian, Duncan, Nok, Ebinesar, and Levi. iv Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Index Abel, Charles 316 Amphlett Islands 308 B agi 5 , 83-86 Bridewealth 5, 247, 252, 275 Bromilov, Reverend William 44, 316 Brooker Island 76, 95, 125, 310, 342 Callophylum Inophyllnm 34, 94 Calvados Chain 105, 337 Canoes, building of 4l, 226, 239, 262 c h a lle n g e 7 contract 246 mission influence 78 tim b e r 90 Cargo Cults 317, 319 Council, Louisiade Local 112 Courtship 129 Darkness, Period of 34 Dobu 57 Gardening 34, 69-73 mission influence 68 Giam 5, 325 G uiau 30 Hagali (see Memorial) H o stin g 24, 243, 276, 300 In -la w s 25, l4o, l4l K ula 308 Land rights 180-186 Magic 133-137 M ailu 87 Marriage 142-143, 144-145, 203 Meetings 117-118, 121 M em orial burial 154-163 canoes and 214 h a g a li 3 1 , 169-180 s o i 2 7, 1 9 6, 204 Misima Island 104, 1 1 1 , 331-333, 336 Mission 32, 67, 55, 315 Murua Island (Woodlark) 8 6, 102 Myth 90-93 Pig distributions 189-193, 224, 340 Pottery 82, 125, 313, 334, 343-344 Requesting 22, 80, 188 R esid en ce 1 6 8, 195 . 204 Sago 37 S a ila u 98 (see canoes) Scheduling 118-125. 207. 211. 241 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Steel tools 73 Trading U6-51*, 8 5, 126-127 V itia z S tr a i g h ts 2C7 Waga Hot 96 (see canoes) Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Table of Contents Page Introduction — A Bridewealth Canoe 1 Chapter I — The Rudiments of Panaeati Life 17 Chapter II — History, Christianity, and Canoes 33 A. The Period of Darkness 3^ B. From Darkness to Light 55 C. The Time of Light — 1. 66 D. The Time of Light — 2. 89 E. The Time of Light — 3. Ill Chapter III — Courtship and the Beginnings of 129 Married Life Chapter IV — Memorial Occasions 151 Chapter V — Canoe Economics 225 Conclusion 306 Appendix I — Contemporary Panaeati Political Trade 32h in Valuables and Pigs Appendix II — Mission Period Panaeati Political 329 Trade in Pigs and Valuables Appendix III — Contemporary Panaeati "Utility" 331 Trade with Misima Appendix IV — Panaeati Mission Period Utility Trade 33^ Appendix V — Contemporary Misiman Political Trade 336 in Pigs and Valuables Appendix VI — Contemporary Political and Utility 337 Trade for Grass Island, Nimoa, and S u d est v i i Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Page Appendix VII — Contemporary Brooker Island Trade 3^2 Appendix VIII — Panaeati Island and Pana Pom Pom 3^5 Canoe Census Appendix IX — Brooker Island Canoe Census 3^8 Appendix X — Calvados Chain Canoe Census 350 Appendix XI — Sudest Island Canoe Census 351 v i i i Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. List of Tables and Figures Chapter IV Memorial Occasions Page Figure 1 Burial Transaction 159 Figure 2 Hagali Presentation 176 Figure 3 Hagali and Land Inheritance 18U Table 1 Post Burial Sequence 167 Table 2 Pork Cuts in Bank Order 193 Chapter V Canoe Economics Table 1 Waga Hot Manufacture 229 Table 2 Sailau Manufacture and Comparison 235 to Waga Hot Table 3 Waga Hot and Sailau Consumable 238 Investments Table It Age Composition and Terms for 2U9 Forty-Four Canoes in Progress Table 5 Canoe Builders* Ages and Their 253 Transaction Terms T ab le 6 Progress of Canoes at Three 255 Check Points Table 7 Progress of Nineteen Builders 260 at Three Check Points T ab le 8 Age Distribution and Number of 265 Canoes Built Table 9 Over-all Building Time and Terms 269 for Sailau and Waga Hot Canoes Table 10 Over-all Building Time and Terms 269 for Sailau and Waga Hot Canoes Table 11 Builders' Investments and Terms 272 for Canoe Transactions ix Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Page Table 12 Purchase Items and Terms for 282 Canoes Grouped by Decade Table 13 Averages of Canoe Purchases 285 Grouped by Decade and Terms Table lU Pig Investment/Return Data: 288 Grouped According to the Terms and Decade of the Transaction Table 15 Cash Investment/Return Data: 289 Grouped According to Terms and the Decade of the Trans­ action (Plus Pig Investment/ Return for the Same Cases) Map The Louisiade Archipelago xiv x Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Bibliography Abel, C.: Charles Abel, The Kvato Mission, History of Melanesia, Second Waigani Seminar, Canberra: Australian National University, 1 9 6 9 . Belshav, C. S.: In Search cf Wealth. Mem. 80, American Anthropologist, 5 7 , 1955. Bromilov, W. E .: Twenty Years Among Prim itive Papuans. London: Epworth, 1929. Brookfield, H. C., and Hart, D.: Melanesia A Geographical Interpreta­ tion of an Island World, London: Methuen and Company, 1971 • Coris, P.: Blackbirding in the New Guinea Waters 1883-188^: an episode in the Queensland labor trade, The Journal of Pacific History, 3:85-105, 1968. Grosart, I.: Localisation and the Methodist mission in New Guinea, in The History of Melanesia, Second Waigani Seminar, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1969. Haddon, A.

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