Maurice Bloch
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Maurice Émile Félix Bloch is a British anthropologist. He is famous for his fieldwork on the shift of agriculturalists in Madagascar, Japan and other parts of the world, and has also contributed impor
Gift economy
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A gift economy or gift culture is a system of exchange where valuables are not sold, but rather given without an explicit agreement for immediate or future rewards. Social norms and customs govern giv
A Kula necklace, with its distinctive red shell-disc beads, from the Trobriand Islands
Watercolor by James G. Swan depicting the Klallam people of chief Chetzemoka at Port Townsend, with one of Chetzemoka's wives distributing potlatch
Wedding rings could be considered a commodity, purely a gift, or both.
Three tongkonan noble houses in a Torajan village