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Biographical Objects

Hoskins’ book focuses on objects in three primary ways

1.Importance of objects in Kodi Sumba culture generally

2.How some objects used by Kodi Sumba become special to particular Kodi Sumba individuals--as a way of thinking about their own biographies.

3.Gender and Kodi Sumba objects

a.Objects have gender (or dual-gender)

b.Men and women choose different kinds of objects as important to their biographies