Ethnology, Volume 19University of Pittsburgh, 1980 - Anthropology |
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Page 177
... stones are for manioc , black stones are for yams , etc. ) , but this opin- ion is at variance with general belief . Most women seem to feel that the actual color of the stone does not substantially affect its powers , though as we ...
... stones are for manioc , black stones are for yams , etc. ) , but this opin- ion is at variance with general belief . Most women seem to feel that the actual color of the stone does not substantially affect its powers , though as we ...
Page 180
... stones . There are many different tales about the origin of nantag stones , both in mythical times and the present . The ancestors of the Aguar- una often found nantag in the forest after being directed to them in dreams by Nugkui or ...
... stones . There are many different tales about the origin of nantag stones , both in mythical times and the present . The ancestors of the Aguar- una often found nantag in the forest after being directed to them in dreams by Nugkui or ...
Page 181
... stones are thirsty and need to be given achiote and water to drink . The stones are allowed to sit in the mix- ture for a few hours or perhaps overnight , then they are wrapped in their cloth and put away . The Aguaruna say that from ...
... stones are thirsty and need to be given achiote and water to drink . The stones are allowed to sit in the mix- ture for a few hours or perhaps overnight , then they are wrapped in their cloth and put away . The Aguaruna say that from ...
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Volume XIX Number | 1 |
MAYORUNA PANOAN KINSHIP I | 11 |
THE MANIPULATION OF KPELLE SOCIAL | 29 |
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achiote agnate Aguaruna Ain al-Qasis ambiguity andē animals Anthropology behavior brideservice bridewealth cash cent child Chinantec cognate committee context cultivation cultural daughter disputes divorce dyad economic Eskimo ethnographic father fatherhood female husband fertility full sibling garden girl Goyigama herding household individuals Kadara Kagoro kinship kinsmen kintypes Kpelle Kukulewa land landlords lineal live LOC NUM CLU Lower Chinook Machiguenga male husband manioc marital marriage married Mayoruna monogamous mortgage mother NAME LOC Nandi nantag norms Otomí Pantelleria parents participate pastoral patrilineal pattern peasants plants polygynous polygynous unions production Pul Eliya Qashqa'i reciprocal labor relations relationship relative renom responsibility ritual role rotating credit associations sample secondary marriage sexual shepherds social stress societies song duel status structure susto susto illness tanda tenant Tenino tion traditional tribal variga Veddas village wife wife's Wishram wives woman woman/woman marriage women Zapotec