Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (MS 188)

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Curl Bequest Prize essays submitted 1951-98.

Various sizes. Unbound.

Typewritten.

Papers on the implementation and administration of the Curl Bequest see A139

/1 Leach, Edmund Ronald. The structural implications of matrilateral cross-cousin marriage [1951]. (Curl Bequest Prize awarded 1951), [i], 102 leaves, figs., diagrs., bibl. 26 x 20 cm. Handwritten annotations and corrections. Published in JRAI 81, 1951, pp. 23-55

/2 Köbben, André J. New wasys in developing an old idea: on the statistical method in social anthropology, [1952]. (Curl Bequest Prize awarded 1952), 28 leaves, tables, bibl. 34 x 22 cm. Handwritten annotations and corrections. Published in JRAI 82, 1952, pp. 129-46

/3 Stevenson, Henry Noel Cochrane. Status evaluation in the Hindu caste system, [1953]. (Curl Bequest Prize awarded 1953), 61 leaves, bibl. 25.5 x 20.5 cm. Handwritten annotations and corrections. Bound in beige card. Published in JRAI 84, 1954, pp. 45-65

/4 Gough, Elena Kathleen. Female initiation rites on the Malabar Coast, Sep. 1953. (Curl Bequest Prize awarded 1953), [i], 1-18, 18a, 19-39 leaves, bibl. 33 x 22 cm. Published in JRAI 85, 1955, pp. 45-80

/5 Smith, Michael Garfield. On segmentary lineage systems, [1955]. (Curl Bequest Prize awarded 1955), [iii], 88 leaves, bibl. 33 x 20 cm. Handwritten annotations and corrections. Published in JRAI 86:2, 1956, pp. 39-80

/6 Worsley, Peter Maurice. The kinship system of the Tallensi: a revaluation, Apr. 1955. (Curl Bequest Prize awarded 1955), [ii], ii, 1-33a, 33b, 34-44, 44a, 48-75 leaves, diagr., table, bibl. 33 x 20 cm. Published in JRAI 86:1, 1956, pp. 37-75