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CONTENTS
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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 . . . .
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