1. Van Wouden, 1968, pp. 85 ff. Cf. J. P. B. de Josselin de Jong, 1935, p. 10. Rassers, 1959, p. 278. And according to a Terrain Study of MacArthur’s Headquarters “It is very likely that the Timorese social organisation was originally characterised by a combination of the two clan systems, i.e. that each member of society belonged to a patrilineal clan, as well as to a matri-lineal clan, in the same way as is found in the social organisation of the Australian aborigines”. But it adds: “In west and central Dutch Timor, however, the patrilineal system became dominant to such a degree, that only a few symptoms of the matrilineal system are still to be found, particularly the important place of the mother’s brother in the family life”. (Allied Geographical Section, Terrain Study No. 70, Dutch Timor, p. 43).
2. Middelkoop, among others 1929b, 1931, 1933 and 1958c.
3. Fischer, 1957, p. 24.
4. Cunningham, 1962, p. 203.
5. Personal communication.