Depending on the importance and status of the family, it can have anywhere between 5 and 75 contacts in its social network.
Common gifts are sago, tobacco, baskets, wooden bowls, and other similar items.
The recipient does not specify which type of gift they would like to receive, but as a result of the vast quantity of exchanges taking place, the needs of participants are generally met.
In the social networks of the Sepik Coast, the significant expectations are hospitality, gift giving and reciprocation from friends in different villages.
Alliances are passed along and preserved through many generations, because fathers bring their sons on their trips and families honor an association, no matter how long it has been since the last gift exchange.