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INDEX 763
Blackbirders, ravages 41 lu Malekula,
is
Black hawk (nambal) oi special signjï¬Å_
cance in Malekuhni, 4
" Blank Nv'mungki'," 282
Blaukwater iever iu suuurweec Bay,
XXV!
Bloodlefling, 692
Bum. possession 01 representing
wealth, 1992 hlaks 01, athï¬Åcial
development oi, l93.—impofl4;ncB
of, 193, 200-2; special value
umelred tn, 11; and curved hams‘
tusks, cull. nl in Malekifla, 12
Bndy, treah-nent of after deakh
anion tbs Big Nalnbas, ss2, ssa
Bones, sispusal vi aiber death, 543
Bong Em, 551
Bow, ugeeeliaped, 04 Malekulanx, 214
Bows iu Scniang. eenizrueueu ut. 214
Bvxing (Taambnl), 4:4, 44
Boéys, en-I-lobes of, piercing proczss,
431 Iashion to deform hands of
in seuiuug, process, 242, 24:1 ; ï¬Åre
(Naamb mwsln/av), 353: initiation
into manhood, 2/H; initiltivll rites
at Nimnnghi or Nsllmdw, 35$
Bracelet purchased on rise in rank in
Nimmighi, 285»6
Bread-fruit. increase 01, spell per-
formed for. 612
Bride and bride mom, anointing and
painting e1, lfe
nruie, anointing with eeeuuiue oil,
H5. 158, 162; payment lnr, inside
house iorbidden, 145
Bridcgroom, put (alien by In wadding
ccmmnny, 147; tally Q1 number of
wruueri wini whom adultery hi!
bcplz eeriiuiiuerl ‘by liim. 151
Bride-price, e4. 101, 151; amount oi,
162; yayiug uuelr oi, ssz: pigi
ul. 15, 158; queltioll nf repuy-
rueue In dissolution of maxnage on
account 0! husband's im akence, 153
Bride-wealth, 144, 145, l6;
Bl'0the1'~in-law, behaviour wwaxds, B7
Breelier =1 widows. gilta of pig: made
by in neaxest male relative 01
deceased, 542
Brother-sister exchange marriage, la4
Brothers, behaviour between in Lam-
bumbu, 1112; elder and younger,
GROUPING 01 wives of, 121; eldcat,
tnrm! used for iu Seninug and
Bangan, 129 ; hue ind chssiï¬Åcatory,
distinction in behaviour between in
Iambumbfl. 102: two, marriage
of women to, 134
Bmlie-ii and sisffli iu Lagalag,
behaviour wwards one another, loe ;
in Lambumbu, Xelalinns wiflx one
another, 101
Brothersrinelaw in Li-Lmblmbu, 102
]3ul1-mater, ritual use oi. in Big
Narnbas, 14; swcred, iu association
with ceremonial, 49s; sanctity or
non-smcfltg 01 zuxordiug ta
districts, 1 9
Bull-1'oa.1-em, 4:12. 101; during incision
rites, superstitions relating 11>, 252,
250; labn to weirieu, 4sz
Burial, uieu gedorrning, mbu and
seclusion of, 12; method Q1. among
certain inhabitimu oi Melprues, 559 ;
method of in Mewun, ass; pre~
paration of body 101, iii Lnmbumhu,
sss. see; 36.! also Funeral
Bush land. iri Senii-I15, when brought
into cultivation. 113
Bush turkuy, association wiui villgge
urf Lomui myth explaining, 5 ;
elir turtle and (text and translation),
121
B|Shl'nan'S Bay, s
Bush pwplcs of Malekula, a; villagu,
21. 2a
Butwanabaghflp, aos; body 01, where-
B.bDl£S, ssa; legend concerning
d¢3L‘l e1. 559: !nC1hOd of burial D1-
with liir ewe ieue. 559: Km: and
uie giant clam, 629, sac, eaa;
Kabul, death rii, 531, ms; Kabul,
lngand relating to, aza; K4141, son!
Egg bodies uncorrupted alter elem.
Bwialou, Land 0! uie Dead 0lt.he'B1g
uuiulw. sss
Bu/ll (Ninlangki grade, Big Nuiriluu),
enhance into, s12
cuuuibul meal ceremonials. zas
Cannibalism, 221; decline 01, 22a;
10!‘ ma, 2211; for satlslactinn cl
revenge, 228. 229 1 tnrmerlygractised
iu villages 0! Lnmbum u, as;
rules regarding women, 230;
superstitions xelsting w, zso; two
diï¬Åcrent kinds oi, 2212, 229
Cannibals, the Amlwl nut, 221, 22s
Canoes iu Tummim Island, construction
of, zos, 200. 210 : Present use oi iu
Malekula, 201
C16‘ cradles. nmldlzg 0!, 44
Cenkral suuiee, physical eliurueeerieiiee
oi inhabitants, 10
Ceremonies marking pxogrtnl of
individual from liiiui to death, 41;
:5: um umln name! ui Cu-emunian
" Chaï¬Ång -' (Sambsamp) regulation 41,
betwenn kindred iu Laravali. 114
cliuruelaieuue, sacred place of me
eleu used as. sss
cliieis. status 01, 41
Chieitainohip, hereditary, among Big
Nnmbas, 14
Chilclrbearing rieee reririeriug Women
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