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Notes on the Arranda tribe
Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales • 41 • Published In 1907 • Pages: 146-163
By: Mathews, R. H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article contains short discussions of Aranda ideas of birth and the after-life, and on marriage and section systems. The focus is on the southern branch of the Aranda. Mathews concludes that the Aranda, as well as several other Australian 'tribes,' have matrilineal descent and not patrilineal as Spencer and Gillen and others state. Mathews did not visit the Aranda, but corresponded with people living in the area who made the actual observations. Mathews' lack of personal observation coupled with the fact that his conclusions are different from those of others who observed the Aranda first-hand, suggest that his data and conclusions are somewhat suspect.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Difficult and unusual births
- Eschatology
- Marriage
- Bilineal kin groups
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Aranda
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Australia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Unknown
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1958
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Australia
- NotesAdditional notes
- R. H. Mathews
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sn85009976
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Aranda (Australian people)