anxiousexam had more errors (in key) (qs 12 and 21), so add 2 more points to multiple guess half
Epe Mbuti
- frequently called "Pygmies"
- only a minor differential between height of men and women
- very young boys learn hunting with bow (made by father)
- honey gathering season (signaled by chameleon death cry) is most important of year
- honey gathered by climbing trees as high as 150 ft
- honey used for nutrition and trade
- trade with agricultural societies on edges of forest
- distended (chubby) stomachs are due to parasitic infection, most build immunity by age 5
- 2/3 calories for coming season come from traded goods
- axe head (traded honey for) passed on to future generations
- slash and burn: rain forest soil exhausted in two years, takes about 20 years to recover nutrients
- vicous cycle of cash crop planting
- ( Aboriginal community destroyed by gifts of steel hatchets )
- changes compound (cf. Mandarin butterflies in China )
- crops: millet, cassava, bannana, peanuts
- annual gathering
- marriages arranged by sister exchange: Hawaiian kinship system
- face painting
- dancing a contant in society from walking to old age
- fattening room, prospective wives sequestered
- fig bark cloth worn for celebrations, formal events
- forest as Father, source of all life
- each band lives in, knows, and protects a part of the forest from outsiders
Twa
- Rwanda, Uganda
- also called Pygmies
- building rope bridge with Stone Age tech
- swing vine across gorge from tall tree
Similarities and Differences ( amongst h/g cultures ):
- Eskimo: Inuit understanding of environment (is that polar bear left or right handed?) and Mbuti (gender, age and pregnancy of animal from tacks)
- community: work together and share labor, everyone knows what is expected
- Richard Lee's first mistake in Kalahari (!Kun): hoarding food (! == glottal stop)
- then: bought a large fatty bull and expected praise, but bragging was not acceptable and his generosity was suspect
- violates reciprocity by calculating value of gift
- attempted bribery with tobacco and trinkets
- importance of feasting
readings pushed off, new schedule next week, work on presentations (either Art or Music)
