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Abduction, considered as a crime, 38, 39, 41, 55
Adoption, alternative for infanticide, 247
Adultery, punishment of, 92-97, 99, 103, 124
Affection:
Between husband and wife, 68, 70-74, 82-84, 307
Parental, 191-197, 238-257, 269-272, 299
Aggregation, social, its influences, 132-134
Alatunja:
Head of local group, 143
Position hereditary among the Arunta, 225-226
Alcheringa ancestors, reincarnation belief, 214, 215, 218, 221
Allotment of females, its consequences, 60.
See also Infant Betrothal
Altjira, term explained, 215
Ancestors, reincarnation beliefs discussed, 212-233
Angas, G. F., on—marriage customs, 261;
maternal love, 239;
mode of living, 138;
relations between husband and wife, 70;
women's work, 276
Animism, fatherhood as determined by animistic ideas, 227-229
Anjea, supernatural being, 228
Annihilation, aboriginal belief in, asserted, 215-216
Anula, tribe:
Marriage customs, 42, 51
Reincarnation and kinship ideas, 220
Aralkililima ceremony, 85
Arunta nation:
Camping rules, 265
Ceremonial licence, 106
Division of labour, 278
Hereditary position of Alatunja, 225-226
Infanticide and motive for, 236
Marriage customs, 41-42
Mourning ceremonies, 85-86
Procreation and reincarnation beliefs, 209, 212, 216, 220-221
Relations of husband and wife,72
Treatment of children, 244-245
Tribal government, 13
Atninga, avenging party, 13
Authority:
Marital, 67, 68-74, 76, 77-79, 302
Parental, 254-256
See also Law
Avebury, Lord, on primitive law, 10
Bachelors' camp, 164, 262-269
Bahumul, form of betrothal, 40
Bangerang tribe:
Camping rules, 263
Marriage customs, 37, 258, 260
Mode of living, 137, 154, 155, 156, 159
Relations between husband and wife, 69
Treatment of children, 238-239, 248-249
Banks Islanders, determination of paternity, 180
Barrington, George, on marriage customs, 40;
on mode of living, 162
Bates, Mrs. D. M., on—infanticide, 236;
procreation beliefs, 227;
sexual aspect of marriage, 99;
tribal divisions and ownership of land, 147-148
Bennett, G., on—infanticide, 235;
treatment of children, 241
Betrothal:
Evidence in favour of a ceremony, 52-53, 61-62
Individual appropriation affirmed by, 296
Legal aspect, 57, 60
Prevalence of custom, 48, 66, 306
Statements of authorities, 36-48
Beveridge,[318] P., on—mode of living, 161;
sexual relations, 93
Bidwelli tribe, no initiation ceremonies, 262
Binbinga tribe:
Marriage customs, 42, 43, 50, 51
Reincarnation and kinship ideas, 220
Birth. See Procreation
Blood relationship. See Consanguinity
Bonney, T., on—parental affection, 270;
relations between husband and wife, 70
Boundaries, tribal, 136-157
Brother and sister, relations between, 272-273, 309
Browne, J., on sexual division of labour, 281
Buckley, William, treatment by the natives, 222, 271
Bulmer, J., on marriage customs, 36
Burial ceremonies:
Description of and deductions from, 84-88
Duties and behaviour of relatives, 271-272, 308
Cameron, H. L. P., on sexual aspect of marriage, 95
Campbell, Major, on tribal divisions, 146
Camps:
Bachelor, statements and remarks, 164, 262-269
Customs regulating, 158-167, 298
Unmarried females, 104, 266
Capture, marriage by, 40, 41, 53-55, 58
Celibacy, female, 104, 266
Ceremonies:
Betrothal, individual appropriation affirmed by, 296;
legal aspect of, 57, 60;
statements of authorities and deductions from, 37, 38, 42, 43-44, 48-50, 52-53, 61-62, 66, 306
Initiation, age of commencement and duration, 259, 262-269;
education of boys begun at, 256-257;
sexual promiscuity in connection with, 97-99, 104, 105-106, 129
Licence practised at, 105-107, 123
Marriage, a breaking of the taboo, 305;
ideas embodied in, 61, 307;
individual appropriation affirmed by, 296;
statements of authors and deductions from, 42-44, 52-53, 61-62, 306-307
Mourning and burial, description of, and their meaning, 84-88, 271-272, 308;
proof of strength of marriage tie, 296;
scars self-inflicted by women, 72
Chastity, how regarded, 104-105, 125, 178
Chauncy, Ph., on treatment of children, 246
Chepara tribe:
Communism in food, 284
Mourning customs, 271
Children. See Parent and child
Choi, term explained, 145
Class taboo, theory of origin, 288-289
Collective feelings, 191-192, 197-198
Collective ideas, 192-198
Collective mind, explanation of term, 175, 308-309
Collins, D., on—authority of husbands, 71;
infanticide, 236;
land ownership, 141;
mode of living, 161-162
Communism:
Food, 283-286, 289-290, 300, 309
In mode of living, instances, 160
Suckling and rearing children, remarks on, 234, 236-237
Consanguinity:
Absence (in the sociological sense) of tie in primitive societies, 179-182, 209, 217, 232, 309
Analysis of concepts of, 176-185, 204-207
Claim to kinship on basis of, in certain tribes, 231
Definition, 182
Coombangree tribe, tribal divisions, 142-143
Corroborees, licence at, 106-107
Cotertie, marriage custom, 46
Councils, tribal, authority exercised by, 12-13
Couvade custom, 183-184, 309;
similar customs in Australia, 225, 226
Crawley, on religious side of human relations, 305-309
Curr,[319] E. M., on—camping rules, 263;
economics of family life, 275-276;
kinship, 3, 5;
marriage customs, 4, 258, 259;
mode of living, 137-138, 159-160;
parental affection, 269;
relations between husband and wife, 69, 82;
sexual aspect of marriage, 92-93;
treatment of children, 238-239
Dargun, Prof. L., on kinship, 188-189
Dawson, J., on—camping rules, 264;
communism in food, 284;
economics of family life, 275;
relations between husband and wife, 69-70, 78;
sexual aspect of marriage, 93
Dawson, R., on—mode of living, 160, 163;
parental affection, 195, 269;
relations between husband and wife, 72;
treatment of children, 242
Defloration of girls at initiation ceremonies, 42-43, 98, 104, 105-106, 129
Dieri tribe:
Chiefs, 12
Ignorance of physiological fatherhood inferred, 128
Infanticide and motive for, 236
Marriage customs, 41, 261
Mode of living, 154, 156
Mourning ceremonies, 88
Parental affection, 195-196
Pinya party of, 13
Pirrauru custom, 108-109, 117-118
Sexual aspect of marriage, 96, 105
Treatment of children, 238
Tribal divisions, 143
Division of labour. See under Labour
Divorce, mention of, 62, 64-66, 69, 78, 307
Durkheim, Émile, on—importance of social regulations, 300-301;
kinship, 204;
primitive law, 10;
sexual division of labour, 289
Dwellings, statements and deductions from, 158-167
Economics of family life, 274-291, 299-300
Education:
At bachelor camps, 263-264, 267
Initiation the beginning of, 256-257
Parental, discussed, 241, 242-243, 245, 246, 256-257
Elopement:
Individual appropriation affirmed by, 295
Punishment for, 36-46, 55-58, 66, 92, 103, 295
Sexual love denoted by, 83
Statements of authors and deductions from, 36, 41-47, 55-58, 66
Emotional side of kinship. See Affection
Euahlayi tribe:
Authority of grandparents, 270
Camping rules, 265
Communism in food, 285
Marriage customs, 40, 61, 261
Sexual aspect of marriage, 95-96, 102, 103
Treatment of wives, 72
Exchange, mode of obtaining wives:
Effect on treatment of wives, 81-82
Form of marriage by purchase, 50-52, 58-59
Individual appropriation affirmed by, 296
Prevalence of custom, 48-49
Statements of authors, 36-38, 41-44, 47
Eyre, E. J., on—marriage customs, 261;
mode of living, 139, 160-161;
relations between husband and wife, 70
Family:
Analysis of family life a necessity, 6-9, 206
Customs regulating social life, 158-167
Economic facts connected with, 274-291
Evidence, method of dealing with, 17-33
Husband and wife, 67-88
Importance in marriage contracts, 49-50, 57
Individual appropriation proved, 295-304
Kinship, discussion of, 168-233
Legal aspect, 300-302
Mode[320] of living, 132-167
Mode of obtaining wives, 33-66
Parents and children, 234-273
Scope of work and difficulties, 1-17, 292-294
Sexual aspect of marriage, 89-131
Social units discussed, 132-135, 136-167
Fatherhood. See Paternity
Fire-sticks, carrying of, by women, 275, 276, 278, 279
Fison, L., on—kinship, 203;
marriage, 3
Folk-lore, kinship ideas suggested by, 207-233
Food:
Acceptance by a woman from a man belief, 229-230
Bachelor camp rules, 263, 267
Communism in, 283-286, 289-290, 309
Customs regulating the taking of meals, 159, 163-164, 166
Distribution among the family, 288-289
Division of labour in providing, 275-290
Taboos, 15, 279
Forrest, John, on—marriage customs, 44-45;
sexual division of labour, 280
Fraser, Dr. John, on—mode of living, 142;
parental affection, 270;
relations between brothers, 272;
relations between husband and wife, 72;
sexual division of labour, 277-278;
treatment of children, 242-243
Frazer, Prof. J. G., on—kinship, 189-190;
procreation beliefs, 226;
social life of the aborigines, 156;
totemic conception, 211
Frodsham, Dr., on procreation beliefs, 226
Game, statements on division of, 285-286
Gason, S., on—infanticide, 236;
Pirrauru custom, 117-118;
relation between brother and sister, 272;
treatment of children, 243
Geawe Gal tribe:
Marriage customs, 39, 261
Sexual aspect of marriage, 95
Gennep, A. van, on folk-lore, 208;
on kinship, 204
Giddings, F. H., on mode of living, 132-133
Gifts at marriage, 50-52
Gillen, F. See Spencer, Baldwin, and Gillen
Gnanji tribe:
Marriage customs, 43
Reincarnation beliefs, 218-219
Gomme, Sir Laurence, on kinship, 182, 202, 205-206
Gournditch Mara tribe:
Chiefs, 12
Communism in food, 284
Marriage customs, 36
Mode of living, 159
Government, tribal:
Existence of, 11-17
Intervention between husband and wife, 79
Marriage contracts supervised by, 57-58
Pirrauru relation authorised by, 110
Grey, Sir G., on—camping rules, 266;
marriage customs, 64, 65;
mode of living, 164;
relation between brother and sister, 273;
sexual aspect of marriage, 99;
treatment of children, 249;
tribal divisions and ownership of land, 146-147
Gribble, Rev. J. B., on communism in food,285
Grosse, E., criticism of Howitt's statements, 4
Group marriage:
Existence in Australia discussed, 30, 89, 113-115
Relation of the Pirrauru custom to, 108-123, 308
Hartland, E. S., on kinship, 201-202;
on paternity, 181, 208
Headmen, authority exercised by, 12-13
Henderson, John, on mode of living, 162
Hereditary positions, 225-226
Hodgkinson, Cl., on relations between husband and wife, 72;
on tribal divisions, 142
Hodgson, C. P., on relations between husband and wife, 71
Howitt, A. W., on—economic side of family life, 275;
group marriage, 4-5, 30, 109, 113-114,[321] 121;
kinship, 1-2, 203;
marriage customs, 261, 262-263;
mode of living, 136-137;
parental affection, 195;
Pirrauru custom, 108-112, 117, 120;
relations between husband and wife, 68, 81;
sexual relations, 92, 101;
treatment of children, 238, 241
Husband and wife:
Affection between, existence of, 82-84
Authority of husband, 76, 77-79, 302
Bond created by affection for children, 253-254, 299
Division of labour, 274-291
Individual relationship between, proved, 295-298
Mourning and burial ceremonies and their meaning, 84-88
Obligations of husband, 62-65
Parental aspect. See Parent and child
Sexual aspect of marriage, 89-131
Statements of authors on relations between, 67-76
Treatment of wife, 76, 79-84
See also Wives and Women
Huts. See Dwellings
Iliaura tribes, ceremonial licence, 106
Illapurinja party, 13
Infant betrothal:
Legal aspect, 57, 60
Prevalence of custom, 48, 66
Statements of authorities, 37-40, 44-47
Infanticide:
Adoption of child an exceptional alternative, 247
Reasons assigned for, 216, 235-236
Inheritance, instances of, and discussion on, 136, 137, 290-291, 301
Initiation ceremonies:
Age of commencement and duration, 259, 262-269
Beginning of education of boys, 256-257
Girls, of. See Defloration of Girls
Sexual promiscuity at, 97-99, 104, 105-106, 129
Jajaurung tribe, marriage customs, 38
Jealousy, sexual:
Existence discussed, 92-100, 102, 124-131, 297-298
Isolation of the family caused by, 159, 163, 164
Kabi tribe:
Infanticide and motive for, 236
Marriage customs, 262
Relations of husband and wife, 73
Sexual aspect of marriage, 98
Treatment of children, 245
Tribal divisions and mode of living, 144, 154, 155, 163
Kafirs, ideas on procreation, 180
Kaitish tribe:
Ceremonial licence, 106
Mourning ceremonies, 86
Reincarnation belief, 216
Kamilaroi tribe, sexual aspect of marriage, 95, 103
Karamundi tribes, communism in food, 284
Kinship:
Aboriginal collective ideas, 171, 183, 207-233, 309
Affection of parents, 191-197
Contradictions in authorities, 1-7
Definition aimed at, 8
Legal aspect, 185-191
Meaning generally attached to term, 170-178
Organisations creating group relationship, not dealt with, 303
Protection of wives by their relatives, 78, 79
Relatives' part in mourning ceremonies, 88
Social factors, 170, 308
Sociologists' application of concept, 200-206
Theoretical analysis, 168-207
Kohler, J., on primitive law, 10
Kühn, Rev. J., on customs of Turra tribe, 264
Kuinmurbura tribe, marriage customs, 43, 52
Kulin tribe:
Chiefs, 12
Procreation ideas, 231
Kurdaitcha party, 13
Kurnai tribe:
Authority of grandparents, 270
Camping rules, 262-263
Communism[322] in food, 283-284
Economics of family life, 275
Magic and its effect on sexual relations, 129
Marriage customs, 36, 47, 51, 55, 56, 258
Mode of living, 136, 154, 155, 158-159, 162
Relations between husband and wife, 68
Sexual aspect of marriage, 92, 101, 103, 105
Treatment of children by their parents, 238
Labour, sexual division of, 274-290, 299
Land ownership:
Conclusions from, 300
Form of, 150-157
Inheritance discussed, 290-291
Statements of authorities, 135, 136-149
Use of term defined, 135
Lang, Andrew, on kinship, 3, 7
Lang, G. S., on treatment of children, 242
Lang, J. D., on sexual aspect of marriage, 98
Larrekiya tribe, procreation ideas, 230
Law, primitive:
Authority of husband over his wife, 76-79, 297, 302
Definition of concept, 9-17
Family governed by social rules, 300-301
Marriage and its social sanction, 35-36, 56-66, 307
Paternal authority discussed, 185-191, 254-256
Leonhardi, Frhr. von, on folk-lore, 208, 212-213
Levirate, prevalence of, and conclusions drawn from, 38, 46, 49, 63-64, 104, 307
Lévy-Bruhl, M., on folk-lore, 214
Licence, sexual. See under Sexual Life
Local group:
Description as a tribal division, 143-144
Land ownership, 136-157
Mode of living, 158-167
Social unit, 136-157
Use of term defined, 135
Lumholtz, C., on—marriage customs, 64-65;
relations of husband and wife, 73;
sexual division of labour, 279
MacLennan, J. F., on kinship, 200-201
Magic:
Mode of obtaining wives, 14, 41, 55, 58, 62, 97
Punishment by means of, 10, 13
Sexual intercourse influenced by belief in, 129-130
Mara tribe:
Marriage customs, 42, 43, 51
Reincarnation and kinship ideas, 220
Marriage:
Affection in, 82-84
Age of girls, 257-259
Breaking the taboo necessary, 305
Contradictions of authorities, 2-3, 3-5
Definition, 34-35
Defloration ceremony, 42-43, 98, 104, 105-106, 129
Disparity of age, 259-262
Duration, length of, 64-66
Ideas embodied in ceremonies, 61-62, 307
Individual appropriation proved by evidence, 59, 295-298
Legal aspect, 8, 35, 56-66, 307
Modes of obtaining wives, 35-66
Mourning rites of widows, 84-88
Pirrauru relation distinguished from, 109-123
Prevalence of ceremonies, statements, 52-53, 61-62, 306-307
Sexual aspect, 89-131
See also Husband and wife, Parent and child, Purchase marriages
Maternity:
Definition of individual motherhood, 173
Relative unimportance of physiological motherhood, 230-232
See also Parent and Child
Mathew, Rev. J., on—marriage, 4;
mode of living, 163;
sexual division of labour, 278-279
Mathews, R. H., on—Communism in food, 285;
hereditary offices, 225;
reincarnation beliefs, 212;
tribal divisions, 144
Meyer, H. E. A., on sexual division of labour, 277
Mitchell, Major T. L., on—relations[323] between husband and wife, 70;
treatment of children, 240;
women's work, 276-277
Moore, G. F., on—marriage customs, 46;
on sexual division of labour, 280
Moore-Davies, J., on mode of living, 161;
on sexual licence, 94
Morgan, John, on—kinship, 200;
use of terms kinship and consanguinity, 171
Mourning ceremonies:
Description of, and deductions from, 84-88, 308
Duties of relatives, 271-272
Proof of strength of marriage ties, 296
Scars self-inflicted by women, 72
Mukjarawaint tribe:
Authority of grandparents, 254-255, 270
Communism in food, 284
Murring tribe:
Communism in food, 284
Mode of living, 136, 154, 159, 162
Sexual life, 92
Treatment of children, 241
Murrumbidgee tribes, treatment of children, 241
Nanarree, form of betrothal, 40
Narran-ga tribe, communism in food, 284
Narrinyeri tribe:
Communism in food, 285
Marriage customs, 38, 52
Mode of living, 139-140, 155
Relation between husband and wife, 70-71
Sexual aspect of marriage, 94, 105
Naudowessies, ideas on procreation, 180
Ngarigo tribe, camping rules, 263
Ngura-mundu custom, 96
Nieboer, H. J., on relation between husband and wife, 75-76
Nind, Scott, on sexual aspect of marriage, 100;
on tribal divisions, 148-149
Oldfield, A., on—relation between brother and sister, 272-273;
sexual aspect of marriage, 99;
treatment of children, 246
Orphans, adoption of, 242
Palmer, E., on—relation of husband and wife, 73;
treatment of children, 245-246;
tribal boundaries, 145
Parent and child:
Aboriginal ideas of procreation and their influence, 128-129, 176-183, 206, 208-233
Affection and its effect on their relations, 191-197, 269-272, 299
Authority of father, 254-256
Characteristic features of relationship, 299
Early separation from parental control, 257-269, 299
Jealousy on question of paternity discussed, 127-129
Kinship, discussion, 171-233
Mode of living impresses relation to actual parent, 167
Pirrauru relationship, 117-118
Suckling and rearing children, bond created by, 234-237
Treatment of children, 238-257
Parkengee tribe, marriage customs, 38
Parker, Mrs., on—marriage customs, 261;
procreation beliefs, 227
Paternity:
Aboriginal ideas on procreation and kinship discussed, 128, 179-183, 208-233
Bond established by rearing of children, 237
Definition of term, 173
See also Parent and Child
Patria potestas:
Definition, 254
Not applicable to conditions of Australian aborigines, 186,187-191
Pinnaru, Council of, 13
Pinya party, 13
Piraungaru custom, 96, 115
Pirrauru custom:
Account of, and its relation to individual marriage, 96, 108-123, 298
Not a group marriage, 108-123, 308
Pointing the bone, form of punishment, 10
Polygyny, prevalence of, 63, 307
Post, A. H., on primitive law, 10
Potestas. See Patria potestas
Procreation, aboriginal ideas discussed,[324] 175, 176-183, 206, 208-233
Property in land. See Land ownership
Puberty:
Boys' initiation at. See Initiation Ceremonies
Marriage of girls at, 257-259
Rites undergone by girls at, 105-106
Punishment:
Abduction, 38, 39, 41, 55
Adultery, 92-97, 99, 103, 124
Elopement, 36, 38, 39, 41-46, 55-58, 66, 92, 103, 295
Magic as a means of, 10, 13
Marriage of men under thirty, 259, 262
Various modes of punishment, 14-15
Purchase marriages:
Marriage by exchange, a form of, 50-52
Proof of individual marriage, 59
Reincarnation of ancestors, aboriginal ideas and beliefs discussed, 212-233
Relationship. See Kinship
Repudiation of wives. See Divorce
Rivers, W. H. R., on kinship, 6-7, 202-203
Roth, W. E., on—camping rules, 266;
folk-lore, 227;
food taboos, 279;
kinship, 225;
marriage customs, 306-309;
mode of living, 163;
mourning ceremonies, 88;
origin of class taboo, 288-289;
relation between husband and wife, 73-74;
tribal divisions, 145
Rusden, G. W., on relations between husband and wife, 72
Salvado, R., on—affection for parents, 271;
camping rules, 266;
marriage customs, 45, 64, 65, 259;
mode of living, 164;
relation between husband and wife, 74;
sexual aspect of marriage, 99-100;
treatment of children, 246-247;
tribal divisions and ownership of land, 147
Schultze, L., on marriage customs, 41
Schürmann, C. W., on—mode of living, 162;
sexual aspect of marriage, 94
Scott Nind. See Nind
Separation of husband and wife, 69.
See also Divorce
Sexual life:
Aboriginal ideas on procreation discussed, 175, 176-183, 206, 208-233
Ceremonial licence, 105-107, 123
Chastity, how regarded, 104-105, 125, 178
Elopement a proof of sexual love, 83-84
Jealousy, existence discussed, 124-131
Pirrauru custom, 108-123
Relative unimportance for unity of family, 299-300
Rights and restrictions of the husband, 101-103, 112, 126-127, 297-298, 300
Statements of authorities, 89-101
Subject to rules, 123, 305
Young females monopolized by old men, 260-262, 309
Sister and brother. See Brother and Sister
Smyth, R. Brough, on mode of living, 161;
on treatment of children, 239-240
Society, primitive:
Collective mind, explanation of term, 175, 308-309
Early modes of thought the only manner of explanation, 168-169, 308
Kinship as affected by social conditions, 175-207
Manner of influencing an institution, 300-301
Unit of aboriginal society, problem discussed, 1-17
Spencer, Baldwin, and Gillen, F., on—folk-lore, 208, 211, 212, 216, 220, 225, 226;
food customs, 285;
kinship, 2, 3, 5;
marriage customs, 41-43;
mode of living, 163;
mourning ceremonies, 85-88, 272;
Pirrauru custom, 108, 115, 117, 120;
relation between brother and sister, 273;
treatment of children, 243-244;
tribal divisions, 143
Stanbridge, W. E., on marriage customs, 38
Strehlow,[325] Herr C., on folk-lore, 208, 210-215
Suckling of children, bond established by, 234-237
Taboo:
Breaking of, necessary for marriage, 305
Class, theory of origin, 288-289
Food, 15, 279
Paternal, during pregnancy of wife, 225
Taplin, G., on relation between husband and wife, 70
Tench, W., on—marriage customs, 40;
relation between husband and wife, 71;
sexual division of labour, 277;
sexual licence, 95
Theddora tribe, chiefs, 12
Thomas, N. W., on—kinship, 7, 187;
marriage, 91;
Pirrauru custom, 119
Tippa Malku marriage, 41, 96, 110
Tjinjilli tribe, marriage customs, 43
Todas, determination of paternity, 180
Tongaranka tribe:
Chief, 12
Mourning customs, 271
Torres Straits Islanders, kinship of, 203
Totems:
Ideas on conception and birth connected with, 208-233
Totemic centres, statements on, 146, 153
Tribal government. See Government, Tribal
Tribe:
Local group as subdivision of. See Local Group
Social divisions of, 136-157, 298
Use of term defined, 134
Tualcha Mura marriage custom, 41, 42, 50, 261
Turnbull, John, on—marriage customs, 39;
mode of living, 141;
relation between husband and wife, 71;
sexual aspect of marriage, 95;
treatment of children, 242
Turra tribe:
Marriage customs, 264
Mode of living, 162
Sexual aspect of marriage, 94, 101, 103, 105
Turrubul tribe, customs, 285-286
Umbaia tribe, reincarnation beliefs, 218-219
Unmatjera tribe:
Mourning ceremonies, 86
Reincarnation belief, 216
Urabunna tribe:
Ignorance of physiological fatherhood, 128
Pirrauru custom, 108, 115, 118
Reincarnation belief, 212, 216
Sexual aspect of marriage, 96
Treatment of children, 243-244
Wakelbura tribe, marriage customs, 44, 56
Wakka tribe:
Infanticide and motive for, 236
Marriage customs, 262
Relations between husband and wife, 73
Sexual aspect of marriage, 98
Treatment of children, 245
Tribal divisions and mode of living, 144, 154, 155, 163
Warramunga tribe:
Ceremonial licence, 106-107
Marriage customs, 42, 43
Mourning ceremonies, 85, 86
Reincarnation belief, 212, 217
Watchandee tribe:
Communism in food, 286
Marriage customs, 45
Westermarck, Prof. E. A., on—chastity among uncivilized people, 178;
kinship, 205;
marriage, 3-4, 34-35;
sexual jealousy, 125;
study of family life, 134
Wheeler, G. C., on sociology of aborigines, 133
White men, believed to be ghosts of relatives, 222-224
Wife. See Wives, below
Wiimbaio tribe:
Chiefs, 12
Mourning customs, 271
Wilhelmi, C., on sexual aspect of marriage, 94
Wilkes, Charles, on sexual aspect of marriage, 95
Willshire, W. H., on sexual aspect of marriage, 97
Wiradjuri tribe:
Chiefs, 12
Communism in food, 284
Marriage customs, 41
Procreation ideas, 230
Women's work, 277
Withnell,[326] J. G., on tribal divisions, 146
Wives:
Economic functions, 67
Exchange of, statements, 92-95, 98, 101, 102-103
Modes of obtaining, 35-66, 295
Obligations of the husbands, 62-65
See also Husband and Wife and Women
Woeworung tribe, marriage customs, 37, 52
Wogait tribe, procreation ideas, 230
Wolgal tribe:
Camping rules, 263
Communism in food, 284
Marriage customs, 261
Procreation ideas, 231
Women:
Condition of drudgery and servitude, 274-290
Licence among the unmarried, 266-267
Scars self-inflicted at mourning ceremonies, 72, 86
See also Husband and Wife and Wives
Wotjobaluk tribe:
Communism in food, 284
Marriage customs, 37-38, 50
Sexual aspect of marriage, 93, 101, 103, 105
Wurrunjeri tribe:
Communism in food, 284
Mode of living, 137, 159
Wuurn, term explained, 160
Wyatt, W., on treatment of children, 241
Yantruwunta tribe, Pirrauru custom, 108
Yerkla-Mining tribe:
Communism in food, 285
Sexual aspect of marriage, 94-95, 102
Yuin tribe:
Chiefs, 12
Marriage customs, 36, 50, 52, 56
Procreation ideas, 231
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FOOTNOTES:
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38ormform
38footnote missing in original[58]
45pérepère
156, n. 458Exeg.Exog.
197, n. 564SociologieSoziologie
202judicaljuridical
208, n. 585 2xAntr.Anthr.
210UbrigensÜbrigens
214AbheringaAlcheringa
221ifelife
233, n. 651individuaindividual
252, n. 748SocialwissenschaftSozialwissenschaft
268, n. 823Socialw.Sozialw.
309corrobatedcorroborated
314ZeitschiftZeitschrift
315 2xSocialwissensch.Sozialwissensch.
321relalationsrelations
322Fehr.Frhr.