An introduction to the study of social evolution; the prehistoric period . 0Oimi_e-NECKED CANTEE^ From Tlie <.t thft Bureau nf Am^Tu-an Ellmnlo-jy. Figure 74. Pottery maJe by the Pima Indians of Soutlntn Arizona. TKIBAL SOCIETY 237 tious and magical or of real blood relationship. Themembers of a group are members of that group and notof another because they are related by mana* or askin to others in the group. This group of kindred trac-ing relationship and descent through mothers or throughfathers is found in ethnic society, both savage and bar-. From Tile Reports of the Bureau
An introduction to the study of social evolution; the prehistoric period . 0Oimi_e-NECKED CANTEE^ From Tlie <.t thft Bureau nf Am^Tu-an Ellmnlo-jy. Figure 74. Pottery maJe by the Pima Indians of Soutlntn Arizona. TKIBAL SOCIETY 237 tious and magical or of real blood relationship. Themembers of a group are members of that group and notof another because they are related by mana* or askin to others in the group. This group of kindred trac-ing relationship and descent through mothers or throughfathers is found in ethnic society, both savage and bar-. From Tile Reports of the Bureau of Americau Ethnology. Figure 75. Baskets made by the Pima Indians of SouthernArizona. barian, and is generally known as the clan. Anygroup of kindred which includes all descendants of a firstmother through her daughters, granddaughters, and soon, and excludes all descendants through her sons, grand-sons, and so on, is a metronymic clan. In like manner,any group of kindred which includes all descendants ofa first father through his sons, grandsons, and so on, and •» Mana is that mysterious strengtli, virtue, grace, creating, saving, orhealing power which the primitive mind associates with many objects, andwhich he believes to be communicable or contagious. It is the basis ofmuch primitive religious belief, of magic, and of the North American In-dian? medicine. 238 SOCIAL EVOLUTION excludes all descendants through his daughters, grand-daughters, and so, is a patronymic clan. Thus theclan is of two forms, the metronymic, in which descentis traced throu
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