Exclusives, APR 03

NATURE AND CULTURE - The Dobe Ju Hoansi and Hxaro Exchange
Part One in the Series
By SIERRA SERRANO, managing editor

Richard B. Lee, Anthropologist, discussed hxaro exchange with a Ju hoan man. Lee asked, “If you gave me a spear and I in return gave you a 3 strings of beads would that be ok?” The man replied, “Yes.” “Two Strings?” “Yes” “One String” “Yes.” The Ju Hoan man explained that “One string, five strings, any return would be alright. You see we don’t trade with things, we trade with people.”