Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleThe gift in theory and practice in Melanesia: A note on the centrality of gift exchange.AuthorsCarrier, James G.AbstractExamines the ways that Melanesian people in the Ponam Island transacted objects in 1979. Areas of transaction; Gift relations in the Ponam society; Discussion on the existence of a gift system in the area.SubjectsPONAM Island (Papua New Guinea); PAPUA New Guinea; MELANESIANS; GIFTS; MANNERS &; customsPublicationEthnology, 1992, Vol 31, Issue 2, p185ISSN0014-1828Publication typeArticleDOI10.2307/3773620