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The Ikula tribe at Eucla

Memorandum

In order to explain the ^principle of the class divisions I now give
those of the Kamilaroi tribe ^for comparison which may serve for
a typical example of the more advanced types.

Primary division	Subdivision	Totem
Kupathin	Ipai	Kangaroo, Opposum, Bandicoot

Dilbi	Muri	Emu, [Ca... snake], Black snakes

In a tribe in which there are the above divisions
each man a (1) either a Kupathin or a Dilbi (2) if for
instance a Kupathin he will be either Ipai or Kumbo
(3) If Ipai or Kumbo he will be [gone?] of the animal names
(totem) - thus say a man is a "Kangaroo" and Ipai
he will then be also Kupachin. Similarly Dilbi may be
Muri which will be also named after one of the totems
given in the third column.

The marriage and descents in the ['Primary Division' crossed out] [Last?] Division
are as follows) the totem marriages are omitted for simplicity

Male	Marries	children are
Ipai	Kubitha	Muri + matha
Kumbo	Matha	Kubi + Kubitha
Muri	['Kumbo' crossed out] Butha	Ipiai + Ipatha
Kubi	Ipiatha	Kumbo + Butha

The analogy will be seen with the marriage of the Ikula tribes
But there are anomalies which require to be [cu....ed] into.

No 13 In the above table the female name is formed by adding
"[th...]" to the male name e.g. Ipai (man) Ipatha (woman)
or Kumbo (man) (Kum) Butha (woman) In the last name the first
[part?] of the male name is omitted. -