Abstract
MR. WELING'S sociological study of the Katkaris, a criminal tribe of the Bombay Presidency, who survive in considerable numbers in the hilly districts of the Deccan, has appeared at an opportune moment. Not only has there been a tendency to confuse them with the Kunbi, from whom indeed it is not easy to differentiate them, but also, like other aboriginal tribes of India, their institutions are subject to influences which tend progressively in the direction of modification. This process is likely to be intensified rather than arrested among tribes, who still possess something of the hunting culture and of the animistic and magical beliefs, which are of an abiding interest for the anthropologist.
The Ktkris:
a Sociological Study of an Aboriginal Tribe of the Bombay Presidency. By A. N. Weling. Pp. vii + 156 + 15 plates. (Bombay: The Bombay Book Depot, 1934.) n.p.
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The Ktkris. Nature 138, 100 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138100c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/138100c0