Carole Reckinger

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Market places - West Papua

The concept of paper money and commercial transactions are a relatively new concept in highland Papua. In a so called subsistence economy, transactions of goods were purely ritual (weddings, funerals, war payments etc)

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Carole Reckinger
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Papua - Market places
The concept of paper money and commercial transactions are a relatively new concept in highland Papua. In a so called subsistence economy, transactions of goods were purely ritual (weddings, funerals, war payments etc)