Daramulun in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia
l of old men, 22, 24 Counting, 30 Daramulun, 492 Death, rites in connection with, in the Warramunga tribe, 515 seq. 778 NORTHERN TRIBES OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA Decorative art, 696 et seq. Descent, in the Arunta tribe, 96 counted in the male line in the Mara tribe, 1 19 of the totem in the Warramunga,…
- Record ID
- 1,939
- Year
- 1,904
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 1939
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- The Northern Tribes of Central Australia; Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen
- Published
- 1904
- Narrative type
- Spirit-Person Narratives
- Public-text label
- Daramulun
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Central Australia, NT/SA: B
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
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Source-grounded excerpt
l of old men, 22, 24 Counting, 30 Daramulun, 492 Death, rites in connection with, in the Warramunga tribe, 515 seq. 778 NORTHERN TRIBES OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA Decorative art, 696 et seq. Descent, in the Arunta tribe, 96 counted in the male line in the Mara tribe, 1 19 of the totem in the Warramunga, counted with rare exceptions in the male line, 163 belief in spirit individuals following a man in the Gnanji tribe, 169 of the totem in the Gnanji, Umbaia, and Binbinga tribes, 169, 170 of the totem in the Binbinga tribe, 170 of totem in the Anula and Mara tribes, 172 Designs, drawn on the ground, 239, 302, 7Z7 geometrical, 697 on.
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