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CONTENTS CHAP. PREFACE BY DR. A. C. HADDoN . . INTRODUCTION . . . . I. THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE .. II. THE VILLAGE AND VILLAGE LIFE . . . III KINSHIP _ORcANIzATIoN IN TI-IE SouTII-WEsT . IV. K1NsII1P ORGANIZATION IN THE NORTH-WEST . V. KINSHIP ORGANIZATION IN NORTH, CENTRAL, AND EAsT MALEKULA . . . . VI. MARRIAGE AND THE RELATIONS 0E THE SExEs VII. EcoN01vIIc LIFE . . . . . . VIII. WARFARE . . . . . . IX. THE RITEs or BIRTH AND INITIATION . . X. THE NIMANGKI SocIETY . . . XI. TI-IE NIMANGKI (contal.) .' . . . . XII. TI-IE NIMANGKI AND NELEMEW OF NORTH AND EAST MALEKULA . . . . . XIII. THE NALAWAN SocIETY . . . . XIV. THE NIMANGKI TLEL AND THE NELAN SocIETIEs XV. TI-IE RITEs OF THE NEVINBUR, NELENG, AND NI1vIBE’EI . . . . . . XVI. THE RITUAL LIFE OF WOMEN . XVII. TI-IE GONGS . . . . V1! PAGE X111 Xxxi 3 23 52 97 115 I32 172 212 231 270 301 ‘ 340 384 436 461 478 498
