Olpul and entoroj: the economy of sharing among the pastoral Baraguyu of Tanzania

Abstract

For Several reasons, the analysis presented in this paper is both empirically and theoretically tentative and preliminary. The data upon which it is based were collected during brief and sporadic periods of fieldwork; but there are mitigating circumstances which possibly enhance the quality of the material thus obtained (Rigby 1976). Even the data available, however, have not been fully analyzed, since fieldwork is still in progress.