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Katean Secret Society

A secret society of the Moluccas.

Anyone who wished to become a member was introduced into the Katean house through an aperture in the form of a crocodile's jaws or a cassowary's beak. Having remained there for a few days he was secretly removed to a remote spot. At the end of two months he was permitted to return to his relatives-hitherto unaware of his whereabouts-a member of the Katean Society.