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This gave way to a more moderating policy in which the Dutch settled disputes by recognising and conferring titles on more and m o r e local rulers, a policy which led to extreme political fragmentation. By the end of the eighteenth century, the tiny island of Roti was formally divided into eighteen small states, each of whose ruler had the title of radfa or regent. Though by no means t h e most populous of islands, Roti held the peculiar distinction of having the highest density of rajas of any island in the Dutch East Indies (Fox 1977a: 9 2 - 1 1 2 ) .
When elder/ younger terms are used to describe internal group relations, the reference is to males. And for opposite sex siblings, it is the sister who creates the links between groups. The converse of this system can easily be imagined and does, in fact, exist among the so-called 'matrilineal Belu' of Timor. Among these Tetun-speakers, descent groups are structured on the categorical basis of relations between elder and younger female siblings while relations between opposite siblings are reversed.
22. The reference here is to Gullick's admirable discussion (1958) of lineage systems in western Malaya which bear many similarities to those of the Rotinese. The process involved here is also similar to what is described in the literature on 'conical clans'. I avoid this term only because of a certain ethnographic awkwardness I find in applying it to Termanu where only three 42 James J. Fox of nine clans are properly 'conical'. 23. One reason why this is not possible in Thie is because the mother's brother receives a fixed portion of bridewealth as laid down by the court schedule.
