Note (return) — SEX AND PRIMITIVE INDUSTRY
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An Australian of the Kurnai tribe once said to Fison: "A man hunts, spears fish, fights, and sits about;"166 and this is a very good general statement of the male activities of primitive society the world over, if we add one other activity—the manufacture of weapons. On the other hand, Bonwick's statement of the labors of Tasmanian women is a typical one: