ABSTRACT
In the Malay peninsula the Negrito has no tribal organization, but lives in family groups with male heads and equality among all the members. The Indonesian Senoi lives in similar groups with male heads, each group having joint ownership of clearings, fruits, trees, forests and streams, though individuals may acquire private property by bartering rattans or a blow-pipe. On marriage, a Senoi couple may join either of the partners’ families, and if the wife has no brother or brother’s son of competent age, her husband may even become head of her family. The social system of the Jakun shows features that may be primitive or borrowed from civilized neighbours, especially the Minangkabaus.
