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[Note: this transcription was pro Duce D by an automatic OCR engine] MARRIAGE AN D RELATIONS OF SEXES I41 husban Ds at the same time, an D in certain special circumstances, a con Dition of combine D polygyny an D polyan Dry may exist. The following is an actual example of this. Manbouggor of Leirip an D Vinmewun Lesles of Vanambang Awei ha D always been very great frien Ds. If either were eating a pu DDing or yam, he woul D always call the other to eat half of it. Manbonggor was marrie D to Viloor of Iumloor, Vinmewun Lesles to a woman of Mewun. Viloor, Manbonggor’s wife, Die D, an D he wante Dto take another. He was so great a frien D of Vinmewun Lesles, however, that he aske D of him whether he woul D share with him the new woman of his choice, one Vinvin Mbuas. Vinmewun Lesles agree D, an D they both marrie D Vinvin Mbuas on the same Day, each giving ten pigs to her brother as bri De A marriage is always consummateD the night after the payment of the pigs. On this occasion the sleeping mats were arrangeD in such a way that Manbonggor lay on the right~hanD siDe of the briDe, Vinmewun Lesles on the left, anD they copulateD with her alternately. There remaineD, however, Vinmewun Lesles’ ï¬Årst wife, the woman of Mewun, who was naturally jealous of the polyanDrous union. Vinmewun Lesles therefore suggesteD to Manbonggor that the latter shoulD also marry this woman of Mewun. Manbonggor complieD with this suggestion, anD the ménage now consists of the two men marrieD to the two women. The sleeping mats are arrangeD so that Vinvin Mbuas lay with Manbonggor on her right hanD anD Vinmewun Lesles on her left, while the woman of Mewun lay on the left-hanD siDe of the latter. ‘ In such a case the problem of Descent naturally arises: Fortunately Vinvin Mbuas bore a Daughter, Luunt. The question “ to what place, Leirip or Vanambang Awei, Does Luunt belong P " was put to the assembleD company of the amel of Loorhenesang} Manbonggor himself being also present. The unanimous verDict was that she belongeD to the Descent localities of both her “ fathers " equally ; that in the pastshe coulD not have marrieD a ma.n of either place; anD that if it were necessaryto signal for her on the gangs, the rhythms of either or both her " fathers’ â€ù clans woulD be beaten out, followeD by that of her mother's. _ ‘ This village is not incluDeD in the list oi Seniaug clans anD villages. It is of recent origin, having grown up rounD the Mission station, on what was formerly uninhabiteD lanD. c. I-I. W.
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