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KORN, V.E., - De Vrouwelijke Mama' in de Minangkabausche Familie. Offprint fromBKI, volume 100.

S.I., s.n., [..], 1939. 8°. Original printed wrappers. pp.[301-338. 5 captioned monochrome illustrations on 2 photo-plates of which 4 featuring typical architecture of Menangkabau houses, 1 full-page diagram: groundplan of a Adathouse, detailed footnotes/references. illustrating kinship-relations, extensive footnotes/references. Detailed dutch language scholarly investigation partly based on previously gathered data and author's own research into the phenomenon of the female Mama' in Menangkabou Customary (Adat) law. A female Mama' is the oldest female representative of the oldest generation present in Menangkabou kinshipgroup, only however if there is no male representative available. This phenomenon was noticed in the outcome of the 1935 Dutch East Indies general census, Menangkabau District, Sumatra. Author's presentation copy, marked in ink 'v.d.S' (from the author). Good copy.
EUR 35.00 [Appr.: US$ 38.16 | £UK 30 | JP¥ 5957] Book number 53902

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