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I should say that of males the ordinary height is from four feet six inches to five feet one inch, and of females from four feet four inches to four feet eight inches." Ethn. In the east the Santals inhabit the basin of the Ganges, and in the west the Jats belong to the Punjab, and especially to the district of the Indus.
This constitutes the ceremony. Tribal custom requires the bridegroom to reside with the wife’s family. Rep. Bur. Ethn. IX, p. 19. Hartland, Ibid., pp. 76-77.
The Seri are probably the most primitive tribe in the American continent. At the time of Mr. McGee’s visit they preserved the maternal system in its early form, and are therefore an instructive example by which to estimate the position of the women. “The Beginning of Marriage,” American Anthropologist, Vol. IX, p. 376. Also Rep. Bur. Ethn., XVII, 275.
After marriage the pair resided, for a time, at least, with the wife’s mother, but afterwards they set up housekeeping for themselves. Powell, Rep. Bur. Ethn., I, 63. We may note in this change of residence the creeping in of changes which inevitably led in time to the decay of the maternal family and the reassertion of the patriarchal authority of the father.
This closely corresponds with what is known of the stature of the Platycnemic race of Denbighshire, the Perthi-Chwareu. Ethn. Kollmann, of Basle, has described a group of Neolithic pigmies as having existed at Schaffhausen. The adult interments consisted of the remains of full-grown European types and of small-sized people.
On the other hand, it is not uncommon for the wife, should her husband be absent, to place his goods outside the door: an intimation which he well understands, and does not intrude upon her again. Voth, Traditions of the Hopi, pp. 67, 96, 133. Rep. Bur. Ethn., XIII, 340. Hartland, Primitive Paternity, Vol. II, pp. 74-76. Again, among the Pueblo peoples, we may consider the Sai.
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