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788 INDEX‘
Vilump hmbu husbaNd's elder aNd
youNger sisterg. 87
Village lilo iN Mslekula, 23, 35
Villages, arraNgemeNt of, 23; haviNg
the same object for totem aNd
NeNew, 805; iNhabitaNts of, claim-
iNg origiN from totems, 589, 590;
Number of, occupied by iNdividual
claNs, 53 ; ofM&leku1a,23; of siNgle
claN haviNg diï¬ÅereNt toterNs, 594;
of siNgle claN, iNdepeNdeNce from
"pareNt" village, 60; of siNgle
Clï¬Åll uNited iN possessioN of dis-
tiNctive goNg-beat, 54 ; sacred Names
oi, 26, Z7; several, oNe toterNic
object commoN to, 593 ; sse also
Bush villages, PareNt village,
Daughter villages
Vilvil (NimaNgki grade, Big NarNbas),
eNtraNce iNto, 372
ViN-bumba—au, ideNtical with NeviN-
burNbaau, 623
VimNewuN Ailiit, acts of commemora-
tioN for Apwil NaaNdu, 538
VirgiNity. how far aN asset, 163. l67;
proof of, 149
War, causes oi, 217 ; iNtegral part of
Malekul:-iN life, 212; -leader (Mar
VNal), 219 ; qualities of, 220;
NNraw of, 605 ; orgaNizatioN aNd
preparatioN for, 219 ; possibly
resultiNg from trespass oN laNd Not
beloNgiNg to fellow-claNsrrieN, 174
Wariare, Now uNcommoN iN Malekula,
44
Warriors, disguise of, 217 ; precautioNs
of, before war expeditioN, Z20
WashiNg out the Name, SN KiNship
boNd, caNcellatioN of
Water, Ufldrflhk, ouNtarNiNaï¬ÅoN of, by
ghosts, 577
Wealth, a iactor iN claim to possessioN
of authority, 47 ; possessioN of,
used for purchase of aid of magiciaNs,
49
WeapoNs of war iN pro-EuropeaN days,
213
WeddiNg~cereN:ioNy. proceediNgs st.
described, 145-9 ; of Gastog aNd
LiviiN, I57, 15B
White ashes, smeariNg ‘body aNd {ace
with, as sigN of mourNiNg, 524, 542
Widow, coNduct of, restrictioN aNd
regulatioN, 543 ; marriage to, direct
proposal for,frorN maN permitted, 164;
re-marriage oNe huNdred days after
death oi husbaNd, 568; tabu oi
sileNce with regard to, 543
Widows, compulsory preseNtatioN of
pigs to late husbaNd's relatives. 1981
reiriarriage oi, customs regardiNg,
I34 ; to Whom remarried iN SeNiaNg
aNd WilerNp, 77
Widowers, compulsory preseNtatioN
oi me wife's pigs m iiieceNisi
relatives, 198
WieN. 5; district of, frieNdly spirit iN
markets, 203 ; kiNship system of, 89 ;
kiNship terms oi, so
Wies, home of the dead for the people
of SeNiaNg. 554, 555, 555, 557;
uNiNvitiNg life after death iN,
described, 556
Wife aNd husbaNd, behaviour towards
each other, 88 ; chief (Vu/ilar), 165 ;
desertioN of husbaNd oN accouNt
of impoteNce, 158; Native of
MewuN, how procured by maN
oi Ndawu, 64; No Native term
recorded ior, 76; Not addressed by
her husbaNd by persoNal Name, B8 ;
shootiNg of, by jealous husbaNd,
descriptioN of (text aNd traNslatioN),
l5l ; village of, rules of coNduct for
maN visitiNg, 109
Wilemp, 5; aNd SeNiaNg, totemisrN
iN, 588 ; average Number
of claNs iN, 53; caNNibalism iN,
for satisfactioN oi reveNge, 229;
claNs of, distiNctive goNg»beat8.
54-7; claNs oi, list of, with
Totems aNd Nsuziu, 599-602;
dialect, word represeNtiNg " sacred “
iN, (footNote) 74 ; marriage iN, regu~
latioN of, 132 ; paymeNt ior bride iN~
side house forbiddeN, 145 ; villages of.
Names, with claN goNg-rhythms,
67, 68; see also SeNiaNg
WiNd, coNtrol of, by magic, 665
Wives, adultery amoNg, 68; jealousy
amoNg, 166, 167 ; Number oi, factors
coNtrolliNg, 165; oi elder aNd
youNger brothers, groupiNg oi, 127 ;
stealiNg oi, 165, 167, 168, 169;
subsidiary, 165
WomaN as compeNsatioN iN peace
ratiï¬ÅcatioN. 226,- iNstaNce oi, 227 ;
chaNge iN status oi, resultiNg from
marriage, how recogNized iN Lagalag,
164; (Mil.-m1Pl.77
WomeN, exclusioN from religious rites,
23 : ï¬Årst step iN adulterous iNtrigues
takeN by, 154; graded society of.
iN Malekula, 14; laNd Not owNed
by, iN SeNiaug, I73; LesbiaNism
amoNg, l70, l7l ; MalekulaN,
particular occupatioN of, 36;
marriage to two brothers. 134;
masks aNd bull-roarers tabu to,
432 ; musical bow played geNerally
11?), 42; Neutral positioN oi, iN
orth-West Malekula aNd other
parts of MelaNesia, 228 ; No laNd
owNed by, iN SeNiaNg. 173. 180;
of Malekula, distributioN oi wear-
iNg of mat head-dross aNioNg, I4;
of Malekula, dress oi, 12, 13;
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