Mundugumor

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Mundugumor refers to a Papua New Guinean riverine people (also known as the Biwat) whose strongly aggressive, competitive social life was famously analyzed by Margaret Mead in her cross-cultural study of gender and temperament.

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Mundugumor canonical 6

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instanceOf Papua New Guinean people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Biwat ⓘ
anthropologicalSignificance used as case study in debates on culture and gender ⓘ
artForm ritual masks ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
colonialHistory brought into contact with Australian colonial administration in 20th century ⓘ
comparedWithInMeadStudy Arapesh ⓘ
Tchambuli ⓘ
linked to: Tchambri
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
ethnographicRegion Sepik cultures ⓘ
featuredInWork Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies ⓘ
genderRoleCharacterization both sexes described as aggressive ⓘ
hasEthnographicRecord documented by early 20th-century anthropologists ⓘ
kinshipSystemCharacterization emphasis on paternal descent ⓘ
language Biwat language ⓘ
languageFamily Ramu–Lower Sepik languages ⓘ
locatedIn East Sepik Province ⓘ
locatedOn Sepik River ⓘ
populationRegion lower Sepik River ⓘ
linked to: Sepik River
region Sepik River region ⓘ
linked to: Sepik region
religionType traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
socialOrganizationCharacterization aggressive ⓘ
competitive ⓘ
patrilineal ⓘ
studiedBy Margaret Mead ⓘ
subsistenceType horticulture ⓘ
riverine fishing ⓘ
traditionalHousingType stilt houses ⓘ

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