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... headman from the other villagers . The headman does not issue orders . He does ( at least nominally ) give the word for such undertakings as the preparation for a feast , or a combined hunt , or a fencing bee , or sago - making . But ...
... headman from the other villagers . The headman does not issue orders . He does ( at least nominally ) give the word for such undertakings as the preparation for a feast , or a combined hunt , or a fencing bee , or sago - making . But ...
Page 244
... headman from the other villagers . The headman does not issue orders . He does ( at least nominally ) give the word for such undertakings as the preparation for a feast , or a combined hunt , or a fencing bee , or sago - making . But ...
... headman from the other villagers . The headman does not issue orders . He does ( at least nominally ) give the word for such undertakings as the preparation for a feast , or a combined hunt , or a fencing bee , or sago - making . But ...
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... headman . There is no rite of appointment , and if an old man stands down in favour of a younger the process is one ... headman was not of necessity the main instigator of the raid and certainly could not be called a commanding officer ...
... headman . There is no rite of appointment , and if an old man stands down in favour of a younger the process is one ... headman was not of necessity the main instigator of the raid and certainly could not be called a commanding officer ...
Contents
The Differentiae of the Tribe | 50 |
SECTIONS AND MOIETIES | 57 |
Local Segregation of Sections | 66 |
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appears arrows bamboo Bangi Bangu bark bava Bebedeben belief belong blood body boys brother bull-roarer burumbur bush called cassowary Cephalic index ceremony coco-nut connexion crocodile culture dance elder exchange exogamy fact feast fire fish Fly River Gainjan Gambadi Garamudi garden girl Gubam Gufa Gunduman hand head head-hunting headman husband informants initiation instance Kambel Karigara Kaunje Keraki Proper killed kind Kuramangu Kwavaru latter live lizard magic Maiawa makamaka marriage married Mikud moiank moiety moin-devenar Morehead district Mukau mythology myths native neighbours ninyi nungan origin ornament parasi perhaps phallocrypt plant practice present raid raiders rain-maker regarded rite ritual sago sak'r palm Sangara secret seen Setavi shooting sister snake sodomy sometimes sorcery stick sympathetic magic Tabaram taitu Takom tion Tiv'r totems tree tribe tuarar Tugeri victim village wallaby Wambuwambu waramongo Wekamara wife Wiram woman women yams young Yumar