The first wife also is the legal wife, and her children are said to be 'of the house of the Father'.

The children of the other wives are of the houses of their respective mothers.
This does not, however, imply any slur upon either mother or children.

Again, a first wife can, on entering into the married state, make a bargain that her husband shall marry no other wife.
This, however, is very rarely done, as the women are the great upholders of polygamy, which not only provides for their surplus numbers but gives greater importance to the first wife, who is thus practically the head of several households.

Marriage is looked upon as primarily a civil contract, and, subject to certain conditions and to a proper provision for children, is dissoluble at the will of both contracting parties, the divorce, or 'unloosing', being formally and ceremoniously accomplished by going through certain portions of the marriage ceremony backwards.
The Zu-Vendi are on the whole a very kindly, pleasant, and light-hearted people.

They are not great traders and care little about money, only working to earn enough to support themselves in that class of life in which they were born.