ABSTRACT
T h e A ppendix to the first part o f Les Structures élémentaires de la
parenté written b y André W eil on the ‘A lgebraic Study o f Certain
T yp es o f M arriage (M urngin System )’ (Lévi-Strauss 1949:
278-85), inaugurated a series o f articles on the mathematical treatment o f marriage rules.1
