Ethnology, Volume 15University of Pittsburgh, 1976 - Anthropology |
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Page 170
... father's estate , i.e. , by his own learning or valor or by gifts from friends , is his personal property and not included in the family's estate . In this respect Chinese and Indian law are similar . There is , however , potentially ...
... father's estate , i.e. , by his own learning or valor or by gifts from friends , is his personal property and not included in the family's estate . In this respect Chinese and Indian law are similar . There is , however , potentially ...
Page 179
... father's tuition . Even those ritual powers so distinctive of the maga tamana office were often acquired in the same ... father act as monitor , since it would be a monstrous confrontation for two men having the same blood to engage in ...
... father's tuition . Even those ritual powers so distinctive of the maga tamana office were often acquired in the same ... father act as monitor , since it would be a monstrous confrontation for two men having the same blood to engage in ...
Page 184
... father as maga tamana . This suffices to account for the above - mentioned rate of transmission of the office from father to son . Most instances of matrilineal succession seem to have been due either to individual accidents affecting ...
... father as maga tamana . This suffices to account for the above - mentioned rate of transmission of the office from father to son . Most instances of matrilineal succession seem to have been due either to individual accidents affecting ...
Contents
Changing Icelandic Kinship | 1 |
Property and Ritual | 21 |
Measuring Marriage Preference | 35 |
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