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Thats interesting Luke
A similar thing is the custom within the Aboriginal Community, though I don't know the word for it.
Aboriginal concepts of property.... Land was divided into areas or districts, and utilised by tribes or family groups, not exactly owned but ‘where the tribe resides', and is the place of families not individuals (though individuals may build a shelter and call it their place within this area). Their view of personal possessions is different. Though you may 'own' a spear or a canoe or something you have made, if another Aboriginal (in the family) needed it, they could borrow it (with out asking). They don't have to ask, because its understood that its 'given' by the 'owner' and may or may not be returned. Some personal items of cultural or inherited significance, fall into another category of ownership, they may still be 'borrowed' but its not usual. When these items are 'gifted' it is a very special gift.
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