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CHAPTER II
THE CLASS SYSTEM
MR. FISON ON THE GREAT BISECTION
ОглавлениеIn 1880, in Kamilaroi and Kurnai,68 Mr. Fison, a learned missionary and anthropologist, gave his account of the organisation of certain Australian tribes. He speaks of (1) The division of a tribe, or community, into two exogamous intermarrying classes.69 (2) 'The subdivision' (mark the phrase) 'of these classes into four.' (3) 'Their subdivision into gentes, distinguished by totems, which are generally, though not invariably, the names of animals.'
Now totems we know, and we have cited Mr. Mathews for the other divisions. Take (1) 'the two exogamous intermarrying classes.' Examples are
Male, Kumite; female, Kumitegor (one 'class,' which I call 'phratry').
Male, Kroki; female, Krokigor (the other 'class,' 'phratry').
Again.
Male, Yungaru (opossum); female, Yungaruan.
Male, Wutaru (kangaroo); female, Wutaruan.
What are these two 'primary' exogamous divisions? And why call them 'primary'?
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P. 27 et seq.
69
There is a tradition of an aboriginal Adam, who had two wives, Kilpara and Mukwara, these being the names of two phratries. On this showing brothers married paternal half-sisters (Kamilaroi and Kurnai, p. 33).
