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would be transformed into a local exogamous group, which is, however, indistinguishable from the local group of the same nature which is the result of the development of a totem kin under similar conditions. As a rule kinship organisations descend in a given tribe either in the male line or in the female. Among the Ova-Herero, however, and other Bantu tribes, there are two kinds of organisation, one--the _eanda_--descending in female line and regulative of marriage, is clearly the totem kin; property remains in the _eanda_, and consequently descends to the sister's son. The other--the _oruzo_--descends in the male line; it is concerned with chieftainship and priesthood, which remain in the same _oruzo_, and the heir is the brother's son.[9] This dual rule of descent brings us face to face with the question of how membership of kinship groups is determined. FOOTNOTES: [1] Howitt, _N.T._, p. 225. [2] Cf. Owen, _Musquakie Indians_, p. 122; Lahontan, _Voyages_, II, 203-4; Morgan, _Ancient Society_, p. 81. [3] Two kinds of kinship are recognised in Australian tribes--(_a_) totem and (_b_) phratry or class--but the precise relationship of one to the other is far from clear. Nor is there much information as to what terms of kinship are used within the totem kin. It is certain that neither set of terms includes the other, for the totem kin extends beyond the tribe or may do so, and there is more than one in each phratry. [4] For the facts see Frazer, _Totemism_, and cf. p. 31 _infra_. [5] MS. note from Dr Seligmann's unpublished _Report of Cook-Daniels Expedition; Camb. Univ. Torres Sts Exped._, V, 172; _Man_, 1904, no. 18. [6] _J.A.I._ XVIII, 282. [7] _Man_, 1903, no. 97. [8] New, _Travels_, p. 274. [9] _Ausland_, 1856, p. 45, 1882, p. 834; _Allg. Miss. Zts._ V, 354; _Zts. Vgl. Rechtswiss._ XIV, 295; _Mitt. Orient. Seminar_, III, 73, V, 109. The recent work of Irle is inaccurate and confused. CHAPTER II. DESCENT. Descent of kinship, origin and primitive form. Matriliny in Australia. Relation to potestas, position of widow, etc. Change of rule of descent; relation to potestas, inheritance and local organisation. In discussions of the origin and evolution of kinship organisations, we are necessarily concerned not only with their forms but also with the rules of descent which regulate membership of them. Until recently the main questions at issue were twofold: (1) the
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