dead in North Queensland Ethnography. Bulletin No. 9. Burial ceremonies, and disposal of the dead
oximity were nicked around. In the case of adults, immediately after death, some old “ medi- cme man” not necessarily a relative would cut off the whole genitalia if a male, the clitoris only if a female, wrap them up in grass and place them high up in the fork of a tree: this was significatory of…
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- 2,132
- Year
- 1,907
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- Internet Archive
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- Record ID
- 2132
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- North Queensland Ethnography. Bulletin No. 9. Burial ceremonies, and disposal of the dead; Walter E. Roth
- Published
- 1907
- Narrative type
- Descriptive Belief Records
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- dead
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- North Queensland (QLD): B
- State or territory
- QLD
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oximity were nicked around. In the case of adults, immediately after death, some old “ medi- cme man” not necessarily a relative would cut off the whole genitalia if a male, the clitoris only if a female, wrap them up in grass and place them high up in the fork of a tree: this was significatory of the se Sara instinct being finished with, and to prevent the spirit (nguru) of the dead entering into sexual re- lations with the hving. The next process depended upon whether the corpse was to be eaten or not : it was eaten if deceased was a well-known warrior, a medicine-man, a man or woman killed in fight, or a woman dying suddenly in.
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