. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae. Science. Interiör of loni^-house. house. A wide open gangway riins right through the house from end to eml, on eacli side of which are the firephices, consisting only of a layer of clay on the floor. Each family has a separate hearth, and round it dwell the memhers of the household. Only in a few houses a partition separates the compartments of the différent families, hut the stages which are erected över the hearths and serve as shelves for the family belongings, divide tlie house as if it were into stalls, although tliey scarcely prevent one from seein
. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae. Science. Interiör of loni^-house. house. A wide open gangway riins right through the house from end to eml, on eacli side of which are the firephices, consisting only of a layer of clay on the floor. Each family has a separate hearth, and round it dwell the memhers of the household. Only in a few houses a partition separates the compartments of the différent families, hut the stages which are erected över the hearths and serve as shelves for the family belongings, divide tlie house as if it were into stalls, although tliey scarcely prevent one from seeing from one wall to another. It is nearly dark within the houses. There is no furniture, one sits and sleeps on grass mats spread out on the floor. In former times there existed in all the large villages a separate house for the grovvn-up unmarried men, the „men's house", dctrimo, to which the women had no admittance except at certain cérémonies and dances. The married men according to désire slept in the ddrimo or in the communal house. The ddrimo was essentially a cérémonial structure, used at the many rites which took place indoors, especially those referring to war. More or less permanent huts are erected at distant plantations as well as at places which the people visit for fishing. The Måsingära tribe and other „bushmen" live in small huts, one for each family. Some of these huts are built on posts, others on the ground itself. Social Organisation. No distinction of rank exists in the Kiwai communities. The men are all on one and the same footing of equality, and there is no pro- Shelf över one of the fireplaces in a long-house. Tom. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Suomen Tiedeseura. Helsingfors : [Suomen Tiedeseura]
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