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Dogomomo X mas, K wangwe's Races, and a Murder: W . E . A rmstrong and the R ossel I sland Money
Author(s) -
Liep John
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
oceania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1834-4461
pISSN - 0029-8077
DOI - 10.1002/ocea.5079
Subject(s) - advertising , business
W . E . A rmstrong, B ritish anthropologist, visited R ossel I sland in 1921 and derived a theory regarding the islanders' monetary system, which attracted much debate at the time. However, his analysis was ultimately shown to be a misunderstanding of the situation. In this examination of A rmstrong's field notes, I show how the linguistic difficulties he worked under, together with the complexity of the monetary exchange and the short term of his fieldwork, combined to lead him astray.