Chambri

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Chambri are an indigenous people of the Sepik region in Papua New Guinea, historically noted in anthropology for their distinctive gender roles and cultural practices.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ramu–Lower Sepik language
ethnic group
indigenous people
affectedBy cash economy integration
missionary activity
author Margaret Mead NERFINISHED
colonialHistory contact with German colonial administration
later Australian administration
country Papua New Guinea
hasAlternativeName Chambuli NERFINISHED
Tchambri NERFINISHED
Tchambuli NERFINISHED
hasArtForm carved wooden objects
decorated canoes
hasCulturalRegion Lower Sepik NERFINISHED
hasEconomicActivity canoe-based trade
fish exchange with neighboring groups
hasEnvironment lake islands
wetland area
hasGenderPattern men more associated with ritual and fishing
women prominent in marketing and trade
hasKinshipSystem bilateral elements
hasLanguage Chambri language NERFINISHED
hasNeighbor Iatmul NERFINISHED
Sawos NERFINISHED
hasNotableWorkAbout Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies NERFINISHED
hasPopulationTrend small-scale community
hasPrimarySubsistence fishing
sago processing
trade
hasRitualPractice initiation ceremonies
spirit cults
hasSettlementType village communities
hasSocialOrganization clan-based system
knownFor anthropological case studies
distinctive gender roles
role of women in trade
locatedIn East Sepik Province NERFINISHED
Sepik region NERFINISHED
locatedNear Sepik River NERFINISHED
region northern Papua New Guinea
religion Christianity
traditional animist beliefs
spokenIn Chambri NERFINISHED
studiedBy Deborah Gewertz NERFINISHED
Margaret Mead NERFINISHED
Reo Fortune NERFINISHED

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Tchambuli hasAlternativeName Chambri