ABSTRACT
In reckoning kinship outside one's own patrilineage, this kind of limitation is even more important. While some recognition is given to affinal bonds beyond the immediate families of the parties involved, this does not reach farther than the small lineages in any significant sense. Although the patrilineage is the structural basis of Chiga group organization, every individual in the lineage is set in a nexus of other affiliations. Several kinds of patterned attitudes are used in kinship contexts by the Chiga. One is respect, though this is not limited to kinsmen but is generally due to all elders. In general, when one stands in a relationship of respect to someone one must speak to him 'modestly, in a low voice. In the Chiga household each mother is separately responsible for her own children. She feeds them, parcels out chores, supervises their manners, cuffs or scolds them when necessary, cares for their persons and clothing.
