Descent groups among cognatic societies: the Dusun tribes of Inland Sabah/North Borneo

• Main Authors: Sanen Marshall, Veronica Petrus Atin, Low, Kok On, Lim, Alice, Nelson Adeh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Scientific Publishers 2016
• Subjects: DS Asia
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19195/1/Descent%20groups%20among%20cognatic%20societies.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19195/; https://doi.org/10.1166/asl.2016.6708

In the following discussion, the authors present a comparison of various societies in Borneo which includes for the first time a society that features descent groups. The claim that the Dusun society of the Upper Labuk River in inland North Borneo or Sabah possesses descent groups is one that has ye...