Ethnology, Volume 29University of Pittsburgh, 1990 - Anthropology |
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Page 342
... bridewealth payments between Nuer and Dinka . With regard to the actual brideprice Kelly distinguishes between the ideal number of cattle and the minimally acceptable number of cattle . Without a minimum no marriage can take place , but ...
... bridewealth payments between Nuer and Dinka . With regard to the actual brideprice Kelly distinguishes between the ideal number of cattle and the minimally acceptable number of cattle . Without a minimum no marriage can take place , but ...
Page 356
... bridewealth and that therefore more cattle have to change hands for a marriage to be concluded among the Dinka than among the Nuer ( Deng 1971 : 262 ; Burton 1978b : 59 ) . Moreover , one should not forget that the contributions which ...
... bridewealth and that therefore more cattle have to change hands for a marriage to be concluded among the Dinka than among the Nuer ( Deng 1971 : 262 ; Burton 1978b : 59 ) . Moreover , one should not forget that the contributions which ...
Page 357
... bridewealth was a closed system , cattle becoming available for marriage payments only in exchange for daughters and sisters . Elsewhere notably amongst the Tswana , bridewealth was very low in relation to average cattle holdings ...
... bridewealth was a closed system , cattle becoming available for marriage payments only in exchange for daughters and sisters . Elsewhere notably amongst the Tswana , bridewealth was very low in relation to average cattle holdings ...
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