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These were the clans and 



Clan. Subclan. 



JBiimaduhu 

 Mordu . . . \Maraoraido 



'Maradilhu 



Bihodiibu 



Maraduhu < Bard\iduhu 



\M6tsoduhu 



[Aritsadubu 



subclans of Mailu villasre : — 



Clan 



Urumdga 



Bodeaho 



Subclan. 

 Bdnagaduhu 

 Boiladuhu 

 Diaduhu 

 Gonidubu 

 Gdraduhu 

 Bdra'iduhu 



fBodeaduhu 

 A.ritsaduhu 

 ) Wdratsadubu 

 yBdniduhu 



I believe there were no subdivisions of the small clans 

 in the mainland villages. 



In order to make clear the relation between the clans 

 and subclans, it must be first remarked that the latter are 

 always subdivisions of the former. The main difference 

 between a clan and a subclan was, first, that a clan had an 

 independent Duhu, whereas a subclan always had to share 

 it with other subclans. Again, a clan would act as an 

 independent unit in giving the big annual feast, Maduna; 

 hence also it was called Madiina duhu, in distinction to the 

 other meanings of the word Diihu (i.e., subclan and club- 

 house.) 



Sociological Character of Clan and Subclan. — As in the 

 case of all other social groups, it is only the study of their 

 respective functions which makes clear the relation between 

 the clan and the subclan. Those functions will be described 

 in detail further on, and I shall now only briefly enumerate 

 them, so as to give the sociological contour of the two groups 

 in question. 



The social structure of the clan and subclan must be 

 borne in mind : the subclan consists of a few houses, one of 

 which is the ''chief's house," and the house of the Dubu head- 

 man. The clan consists of a few subclans, of v/hich again 

 one is the most important, and its headman occupies the 

 somewhat ill-defined position of the clan headman. 



The subclan is, or was in the past, the joint owner of the 

 large seafaring canoes, the headman being the owner en litre 

 (comp, chap, iv., sec. 4). Again, the large Gauma nets are 

 owned jointly by the subclan (comp. chap, iv., sec. 3). 



The clan is, as often mentioned, the joint owner of the 

 Dubu and the real giver of the annual Maduna feast. The 

 master of the clan was also master of the Dubu. The feast 

 was given by a clan as a whole (chap, v., sec. 3), but 

 the various headmen of the subclans acted in turn as masters 



