| #8658566 in Books | 1991-10-31 | Original language:English | 8.88 x.76 x5.81l, | File Name: 0195628543 | 322 pages
||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Some Press Opinions of the First Edition|By V. Hansmann|`A most interesting anthropological study of the Maria tribe which is distinguished by the bison-horn ornaments worn by the men at their marriage dances.'
Times Literary Supplement
`Mr Elwin describes these simple and lovable people well ... Deeply interesting is the explanation Mr Elwin suggests for|About the Author||with a foreword by the late Sir W.V. Grigson|
After providing a brief sketch of Maria life and custom, Elwin goes on to examine the records of one hundred cases of murder and fifty cases of suicide, and finally makes valuable suggestions for improving the treatment of aboriginal in jail. The commonest motives for crime among the Bison-horn Maria were found to be sexual jealousy and resentment or shame caused by public rebuke; fatigue and the use of alcohol were also found to be factors.
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