Arapesh

E311052

Arapesh are an indigenous people of Papua New Guinea known for their relatively egalitarian and cooperative social structure, famously discussed in Margaret Mead’s anthropological work.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Arapesh canonical 3
Arapesh group 1
Arapesh people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
artForm body decoration ⓘ
carved wooden objects ⓘ
ritual masks ⓘ
colonialHistory contact with German colonial administration ⓘ
later Australian administration ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
describedBy Margaret Mead ⓘ
describedIn Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies ⓘ
economy small-scale trade ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
environment mountainous terrain ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
famousCaseStudyIn cultural anthropology ⓘ
genderRoles low emphasis on male aggression (in Mead’s account) ⓘ
relatively complementary gender roles ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
kinshipSystem exogamous clans ⓘ
patrilineal descent ⓘ
languageFamily Papuan languages ⓘ
Torricelli languages ⓘ
languageStatus endangered ⓘ
locatedIn East Sepik Province ⓘ
Sandaun Province ⓘ
marriagePattern arranged marriages ⓘ
bridewealth payments ⓘ
neighboringGroup Mundugumor ⓘ
Tchambuli ⓘ
populationTrend declining number of fluent Arapesh speakers ⓘ
region Sepik region ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
socialStructure cooperative ⓘ
relatively egalitarian ⓘ
speaks Abu Arapesh language ⓘ
Bumbita Arapesh language ⓘ
Mountain Arapesh language ⓘ
Southern Arapesh language ⓘ
studiedBy Margaret Mead ⓘ
Reo Fortune ⓘ
traditionalRitual male initiation ceremonies ⓘ
yam fertility rituals ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence banana cultivation ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ
pig husbandry ⓘ
swidden horticulture ⓘ
taro cultivation ⓘ
yam cultivation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arapesh society → ethnicGroupOf → Arapesh people ⓘ
linked to: Arapesh
Bumbita Arapesh language → languageGroup → Arapesh group ⓘ
linked to: Arapesh
Bumbita Arapesh language → hasAlternativeName → Arapesh, Bumbita ⓘ
linked to: Arapesh
Arapesh languages → haveISO6393Code → mph (Mountain Arapesh) ⓘ
linked to: Arapesh