TRIBAL SOCIETY 2^ 



lions and inanical of <»l' r<':il Mood relationship. The 

 memhers of a groui) arc iiicniher.s oi' tliat grou]) and not 

 of another l)ecanse tliey are rehitetl by "mana," ' oi- as 

 kin to others in the group. This group of kindred trac- 

 ing rehitionshi]) and descent through mothers or tlirough 

 fathers is found in ethnic societv, l)otli savage and ])ar- 



Frc.tn The Kop..rt3 i.f tlie Bureau .,f Aim>rii-an Ethnology. 



FiciKK 75. Haskt'ts made by the Pima Indians of Soutlu'in 

 Arizona. 



harian, and is generally known as the "clan." "Any 

 group of kindred which includes all descendants of a first 

 mother through her daughters, granddaughters, and so 

 on, 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 of 

 a first father through his sons, grandsons, and so on, and 



* "Alalia" is that mysterious strength, virtuo, grace, creating, saving, or 

 healing power vliich tlie primitivo mind associates with many objects, and 

 which he believes to be communicable or contagious. It is the basis of 

 much primitive religious belief, of magic, and of the North American In- 

 dian's "medicine." 



