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Sacrifice: and hunting success, 91 ;

and land rights, 52 , 55 ;

of pigs, 305 , 312

Sahlins, M.D., 120 , 127 , 271 , 272 , 298 , 315 , 327 , 330 , 341 , 347 ;

on exchange and reciprocity, 5 -6, 128 , 130 , 163 , 280 , 380 n. 10;

on exchange rates, 275 , 300 -303 passim

Salisbury, R. F., 3 , 95 , 200 , 271 , 274 , 278 , 307 ;

on exchange rates, 280 , 299 , 301

Salt, 2 , 132 , 183 , 186 -187, 212 -213, 214 -215, 261 , 292 , 293 , 301 ;

and cretinism, 43 , 376 n. 7

Sansom, B., 311

Schwartz, T., 1 , 3 , 334

Schwimmer, E., 301 , 312

Self-interest, 128 , 130 , 349

Seligman, C. G., 3

Semi (Kalam initiations), 73 , 182 , 322 ,323 , 376 n. 9

Settlement: duration of, 25 ;

history of 47 -49;

patterns, 20

Shaman, 40 , 45

Sharanahua, 120

Shells, 2 , 131 , 133 , 175 , 211 , 226 , 235 , 276 , 280 , 292 , 296 , 310 ;

acquisition of, 135 -140, 224 -225, 274 , 316 , 379 n. 5;

declining supply of, 227 , 261 , 274 , 303 -304;

disposal of, 140 -141, 224 -225;

ownership of, 135 -140;

in prestations, 135 -141 passim, 223 , 228 , 258 , 260 -262, 275 , 303 -304, 312

Siane, 301

Sickness, 25 , 37 , 45 , 47 , 49 , 305 , 372 -373 n. 15

Sillitoe, P., 3 , 76 , 80 , 151 , 377 n. 19

Simbai Patrol Post, 17 , 142 , 264

Simbu: accumulation of plumes in, 85 ;

exchange rates of plumes in, 297 -298;

pigs in, 207 ;

shells in 193 , 194 , 260 -261, 274 -275;

trade with, 174 , 176 , 242 , 273 , 281 , 299 , 327 ;

use of plumes, 7 , 235 , 258 -259, 275 , 297 , 308 , 352

Siskind, J., 120

Skins: acquisition of, 134 -135;

of marsupials, 2 , 60 , 131 , 133 , 175 , 293 . See also Furs

Sociability, in trade, 5 , 128 , 210 , 341 -356 passim

Social organization, 28 -34, 338 -340

Soil, 18 ;

fertility, 22 , 23 Songs, 73 , 80

Sorcery, 49 , 239 , 251 . See also Witches

Spears, 89

Spheres of exchange, 271 -272

Spirits, 21 , 44 -47, 52 , 239 , 250 , 372 n. 14;

and fertility, 46 ;

and game, 47 , 90 -91;

and hunting success, 90 -91;

inhabit forest, 46

Steel tools, 131 , 133 , 175 , 206 , 211 , 215 , 226 , 232 , 274 , 276 , 280 , 290 , 292 , 296 , 310 ;

acquisition of, 224 -225;

declining supply of, 274 , 303 -304;

disposal of, 224 -225;

ownership of, 142 ;

in prestations, 142 , 223 , 227 , 228 , 258 , 260 -261, 303 -304, 312 . See also Axes; Bushknives

Stone axes, 2 , 131 , 132 , 175 , 183 , 184 , 187 ,196 , 212 -213, 215 , 232 , 245 , 280 , 290 , 292 , 293 , 296 , 308 , 377 n. 11

Strathern, A. J, xvii , 2 , 3 , 7 , 41 , 73 , 76 , 78 , 85 , 151 , 212 , 269 , 271 , 274 , 278 , 299 , 351

Strathern, M., 7 , 73 , 76 , 85 , 299

Subclans, 30 , 33 -34

Substance, and kinship, 34 , 338 -339 ,355

Supply and demand, 4 , 273 , 296 , 298 , 300 -301, 303 , 304 , 306 , 308 -309, 310 -311, 315