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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap |
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There were different ways in which the domain of a powerful chiefly house could be extended. If the ruling family of a village became extinct, an occurrence by no means rare among a population with a very high mortality rate,the villagers had to search for a chief among the aristocratic families of friendly villages. So could discharge the ceremonial, ritual, and political tasks of ruler, that there was no question of a commoner being raised to the position of chief, though in default of any suitable man of great Ang clan, a chief's son from one of his commoner wives might act as chief. |
