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The Nivkh (Gilyak) of Sakhalin and the Lower Amurarticle 1973 • Black, Lydia
Nivkh • Asia > North Asia
This book describes traditional Nivkh culture and society based on a wide variety of secondary documents in English and Russian languages. Topics discussed include economic activities, social organization, kinship and marriage, religion and community...Relative status of wife givers and wife takers in Gilyak societyarticle 1972 • Black, Lydia
Nivkh • Asia > North Asia
This article discusses status differentiation between 'wife givers' and 'wife takers' in Nivkh soceity where prescriptive matrilateral cross cousin marriage was the ideal type. It uses information from a wide variety of ethnographic sources in Russia...