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| The **Kula Ring**, or **kula exchange**, refers to the gift exchange of shell valuables in the islands of the Massim, in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Partners exchange one of two different kinds of valuables, and receive the other kind of valuable in return. The two types of valuables are *mwali*, an armband fashioned from *Conus* shell, and *bagi* (or *soulava*), a necklace of discs made from red *Spondylus* shells. | The **Kula Ring**, or **kula exchange**, refers to the gift exchange of shell valuables in the islands of the Massim, in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Partners exchange one of two different kinds of valuables, and receive the other kind of valuable in return. The two types of valuables are *mwali*, an armband fashioned from *Conus* shell, and *bagi* (or *soulava*), a necklace of discs made from red *Spondylus* shells. | ||
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| Mauss, Marcel. 2000 [1925]. The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies. Translated by W. D. Halls. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. | Mauss, Marcel. 2000 [1925]. The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies. Translated by W. D. Halls. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. | ||
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