Moiety (kinship) explained

In the anthropological study of kinship, a moiety is a descent group that coexists with only one other descent group within a society. In such cases, the community usually has unilineal descent (either patri- or matrilineal) so that any individual belongs to one of the two moiety groups by birth, and all marriages take place between members of opposite moieties. It is an exogamous clan system with only two clans.

In the case of a patrilineal descent system, one can interpret a moiety system as one in which women are exchanged between the two moieties. Moiety societies operate particularly among the indigenous peoples of North America, Australia (see Australian Aboriginal kinship for details of Aboriginal moieties),^{[1] [2] [3]} and Indonesia.^{[4] [5]}

Further reading

• Web site: Moiety system - sociology . .

Notes and References

1. Tooker . Elizabeth . Clans and moieties in North America . Current Anthropology . University of Chicago Press . 12 . 3 . 357–376 . 0011-3204. 1971. 10.1086/201211 . 2741049 . 9964581040.
2. Parsons . Elsie Clews . 1924 . Tewa kin, clan, and moiety . American Anthropologist . Wiley . 26 . 3 . 333–339 . 0002-7294 . 661478 . 9970923679 . free. 10.1525/aa.1924.26.3.02a00030.
3. White . Isobel . 1981 . Generation moieties in Australia: structural, social and ritual implications . Oceania . Wiley . 52 . 1 . 6–27 . 0029-8077 . 40330583 . 9982905817. 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1981.tb01482.x.
4. Dijk . Toos Van . Jonge . Nico De . The House on the Hill; Moieties and Double Descent in Babar . Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde . [Brill, KITLV, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies] . 143 . 1 . 1987 . 0006-2294 . 27863806 . 54–104 . 10.1163/22134379-90003341 . 2024-05-27. free .
5. Telenggen . Mindison . PERKAWINAN DALAM HUKUM ADAT SUKU DANI PAPUA . Lex Crimen . 11 . 6 . 2022-10-19 . 2301-8569 . 2024-04-12 .