Hiri trade voyages

E281757

Hiri trade voyages were traditional long-distance canoe expeditions by Motu people of Papua New Guinea, undertaken to exchange clay pots and other goods with Gulf communities across the Gulf of Papua.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canoe voyage ⓘ
cultural practice ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
maritime trade route ⓘ
traditional trade expedition ⓘ
associatedFestival Hiri Moale Festival ⓘ
continuedUntil 20th century ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
culturalSignificance basis for Hiri Moale Festival ⓘ
central to Motu identity ⓘ
declineFactors colonial economic changes ⓘ
introduction of modern transport ⓘ
destination Papuan Gulf villages ⓘ
directionOutbound westward from Port Moresby area to Papuan Gulf ⓘ
directionReturn eastward back to Motu villages ⓘ
documentedBy anthropologists studying Papuan Gulf trade ⓘ
documentedIn Papua New Guinean oral histories ⓘ
economicFunction long-distance exchange of goods ⓘ
redistribution of food resources ⓘ
heritageStatus important traditional practice of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
languageContext Motu language ⓘ
location Papua New Guinea ⓘ
mainCommodityExported ceramic pots ⓘ
clay pots ⓘ
mainCommodityImported canoe logs ⓘ
sago ⓘ
shell valuables ⓘ
mainParticipants Motu trading parties ⓘ
navigationalEnvironment coastal waters of Gulf of Papua ⓘ
linked to: Papua Gulf region

open sea ⓘ
organizedBy Motu leaders ⓘ
practicedBy Austronesian-speaking Motu ⓘ
linked to: Hiri Motu language

Motu people ⓘ
preparationInvolved construction of large lagatoi canoes ⓘ
rituals and divination ⓘ
region Gulf of Papua ⓘ
risk dangerous sea conditions ⓘ
loss of canoes and lives ⓘ
season southeast trade wind season ⓘ
socialFunction creation of intercommunity alliances ⓘ
maintenance of kinship ties ⓘ
startingPoint Hanuabada ⓘ
Motu villages near Port Moresby ⓘ
timePeriod precolonial era ⓘ
tradingPartners Elema people ⓘ
Gulf communities ⓘ
peoples of the Papuan Gulf ⓘ
transport lagatoi sailing canoes ⓘ
vesselTypeUsed lagatoi ⓘ

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Hiri Motu → namedAfter → Hiri trade voyages ⓘ
Central Province, Papua New Guinea → hasCulturalPractice → Hiri trade tradition (historically associated with Motu people) ⓘ
linked to: Hiri trade voyages
Hiri Motu language → namedAfter → Hiri trade voyages ⓘ
Papua New Guinean Hiri Motu → associatedWith → Hiri trade voyages ⓘ