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TOT EMISM 593
i man of Ndawu were to kill a locust a man of that village
die, and if a man of Eviin Ambus were to cut a nambus
he would perish. But for the people of Loorveli and Lucr-
l6 nature of the sanction is less clear. In Loorlanggalat
of this group should cut the ninggala! tree it is recognized
as a deliberate sign that he intends to kill someone. The totem
of Loorveli is a certain tree (loormbus), which is used for swearing
oaths. No one in the district may cut or break it. If he do so
deliberately and put the leaves or a spray of it in his belt it is
an indication that he meditates killing A man and that he will
the Temes M bal 1 to Loorveli for the people oi that place
to have a least. Should a man accidentally cut the tree the
people of Loorveli compel him to fulï¬Ål his obligation and kill
someone. In Loorlanggalat the tabu seems to concern members
of that group only, but i.n Loorveli, as in Iumloor, it appears
to be extended to all people oi the district and the members of
the two groups respectively punish any breach of it. -Though
the ritual attitude towards these two toterns must therefore be
observed by the whole community, the special duties of the
two clans in punishing offences against them suggests that they
are indeed clan totems and not totems of the district. The
objection on the part of members to others injuring the totem
may be paralleled in other parts of the world as among many
Australian tribes.
It would appear that one object may be the totem of more
than one clan. Thus the bird nimbile is respected by the three
independent villages of Luha, Tivulemp, and Tunggor, while
the nikakal is the totem of Bendur, Leneven, and Teleleu. Further,
in one of the ï¬Åeld-hooks an incomplete list of Seniang totcms is
given. The ï¬Årst clan mentioned is by inference, Ainel Mbwlrmial,“
but the name of the totem is not recorded. The list then runs :
" Gave birth to :~(2) Niwinumbon, (3 and 4) Nikakal, (5 and
6) Nivimasin, (7) Noumou, (8) Nindangmiang and Ne1n'nbum-
beau." These are the totems of the clans of Uraau, Benaur, and
Teleleu, Batnetarnp and Loormbarap, Nembiirii, Mbwilrnbar,
and Nernep respectively. Finally a note at the end runs : “ All
I Who or what the Tamas Mbal is is nowhere explained, but this may imply
that the body ni the man killed will be distributed at a cannibal least.—C. H. W.
1 For the sake at convenience the Clans Will be referred to by the names
of their g0ng—thythms. The clans themselves, ac will be remembered, have no
diltinctive narnes.—C. H. W.
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