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The Native Tribes of South-Eastern Australia
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Historical SummaryThe Australian interest in the food supply was mentioned above in connection with naming and age levels, and the claims on food as between relatives is illustrated by Howitt’s description of the division of game among the Kurnai, where each member of the family and sib receives a predetermined part of an animal and the divisions moreover follow different lines in the case of different animals:
A native bear is divided in the following manner: Self, left ribs; father, right hind leg; mother, left hind leg; elder brother, right forearm; younger brother, left forearm. The elder sister gets the backbone, and the younger the liver. The right ribs are given to the father’s brother, a piece of the flank to the hunter’s mother’s brother, and the head goes to the young men’s camp.
An emu was divided as follows: The backbone to the hunter; left leg, left shoulder, and left flank to his father. The neck and head, right flank, and right ribs to his mother. To his elder brother, the left ribs; younger brother, part of the backbone; elder sister, part of the right thigh; younger sister, the right shin. The left thigh and left shin went to the young men’s camp. The father and mother shared their part with their parents.1
1Howitt, A.W.n/an/an/an/a, , 759–760. (The Macmillan Company. By permission.)
Chicago: The Native Tribes of South-Eastern Australia in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. Thomas, William I. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937), Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3PQDKAM58BZUEHB.
MLA: . The Native Tribes of South-Eastern Australia, in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, edited by Thomas, William I., New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937, Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3PQDKAM58BZUEHB.
Harvard: , The Native Tribes of South-Eastern Australia. cited in 1937, Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. , McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3PQDKAM58BZUEHB.
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