ANTH 1000 Lecture 18: Lecture 18 Notes- Chiefly Redistribution

• School: UConn
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1000
• Professor: Jocelyn Linnekin

Document Summary

Are brought in and given in succession to the new chief. Was a dance performed for gods and chiefs. It celebrated the genitals of the chief. It was suppressed by the missionaries who found it quite shocking. In any chiefdom, the lowest ranking people and the highest ranking people can be put on a single genealogy/hierarchy. You generally do not have resentment of the lower ranking people. Yam house - bank of the village. Chiefs are entitled to the biggest, first, best and most. Chiefs in hawaii were supposed to be fat. Refers to the goods (foodstuffs, tools, clothing, mats, livestock, etc. ) that flow upward in the pyramid of redistribution: lower ranking people are obligated to give tribute to the chiefs. They are also obligated to give service to the chiefs, following this principle: Just as junior siblings are obligated to serve older siblings, so are the descendents of junior siblings obligated to serve the descendents of elder siblings.