Show CURIOUS PAPUAN LAWS tribe trib where sisters re Oh ildren hildren inherit I 1 a mans property A methodist missionary in british new guinea now known know n a as 3 papua rev W E Drown brownlow low has added to the worlds knowledge of the curious and little known laces of the gibat north pacific island by the discovery and partial taming of a new tribe tile the race in question consists ot of about blacks living at a place called bobu the customs of the race are must cu curious rious the Jiu immigration migration policy Is more drastic than that of white australia lor all sf st rangers have either to become ome full members of the tribe or be eaten when dealing with mr lur brownlow however the difficulty was got over by making snaking lira lim a father of the ti ibe each tribe anil and each family had their own land and no portion Is allowed to go out of their possession except as a loan for a seasons crop the men marry out of their own tribe and on their death their land becomes the property properly of their sisters children women have great influence in the affairs of the tribe and their duties are quite distinct from those of the men mea the men clear the bush and dig the ground then the women wonita prepare it and plant cams ams the crop being theirs it if a man wants any yams bams he be has to ask tor for them the banana patch however is his own property wives aie obtained by purchase it if a man pays well tor for his wife he can thrash her occasionally but she could leave cave him if she did not like it and go back to her own oin village their heaven is a place where tha healthy strong and good looking go EO all the others go to hell london Chion chronicle icle |