In the Lio region of Flores Island patrilineal groups coexist with taboos on animals and plants inherited through females, a combination previously interpreted as reflecting a system of double unilineal descent. Drawing on ethnography from the Lio district of Mego, maternal taboos are shown to accompany similar prohibitions conceived as a property of patriclans, most of which, however, are incumbent not on male clansmen but on their wives. As is further demonstrated, both sorts of taboo reflect ideas about female bodies and blood, particularly as women and their children are transformed through marriage into members of patrilineal groups dominated by men. Also discussed is whether variability in the way taboos are currently inherited in Mego may reflect recent social change, and how matrilineally inherited Lio prohibitions can be seen as an instance of complementary female and male principles equally operative in the social life of other eastern Indonesian societies.

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性别关系清晰化中的禁忌与后裔：印度尼西亚东部案例

在弗洛雷斯岛的里奥地区，父系群体与对通过雌性遗传的动植物的禁忌并存，以前的结合被解释为反映了双重单系世系。借鉴梅戈利奥地区的人种志，显示出母亲禁忌伴随着类似的禁令，被认为是帕特里克兰人的财产，然而，其中大多数禁忌不是男性宗族而是他们的妻子。进一步证明，两种禁忌都反映出有关女性身体和血液的观念，尤其是当妇女及其子女通过婚姻转变为男性主导的父系群体成员时。还讨论了Mego当前禁忌的继承方式的可变性是否可以反映最近的社会变化，