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latter derive their totem from their mother. Some tribes forbid these marriages by special enactments; others arrange the nearly

Weapons and Utensils from Southeastern New Guinea. Those marked with a  *  come from the Trobriand Islands. 1–3 wooden clubs; 4, club with stone head; 5, war shield; 6, dance shield; 7, drum; 8–11, tobacco pipes of bamboo; 12, nest of baskets; 13, 14, skirts for women; 15–17, gourd flasks; 18–20, stone axes with handles; 21, bow of canoe.

related totems into larger groups, corresponding to what ethnographers call phratries, which can not intermarry. Without entering