medicine man in Across Australia, volume 2 — AusFigures public-text record

PUBLIC-TEXT RECORD / ARCHIVE

medicine man in Across Australia, volume 2

YEAR
1912
PLACE
Not mapped
SOURCE
Internet Archive
AUSFIGURESPUBLIC-TEXT ARCHIVEARCHIVE INDEX
PUBLIC-TEXT RECORD

medicine man in Across Australia, volume 2

ds behind his head and to put his tongue out. As he did this, one of the medicine men withdrew from his skull, just behind his ear, a thin sharp stone — one of the Atnongara — and, taking some dust from the ground, dried the man's tongue, and then, pulling it out as far as possible, made a cut thro…

Record ID
3,164
Year
1,912
Source
Internet Archive
Index status
Archive detail (not indexed)

This reviewed public record supports the curated archive pages but intentionally remains outside the search sitemap.

Record context

Record ID
3164
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
Across Australia, volume 2; Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen
Published
1912 public-domain travel and ethnographic text exposed through an exact Internet Archive item
Narrative type
Descriptive Belief Records
Public-text label
medicine man
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Central Australia: B
Source voice
Source Grounded Section Record
Publicness
Public Text Item

Source-grounded excerpt

ds behind his head and to put his tongue out. As he did this, one of the medicine men withdrew from his skull, just behind his ear, a thin sharp stone — one of the Atnongara — and, taking some dust from the ground, dried the man's tongue, and then, pulling it out as far as possible, made a cut through it, about half an inch in length. After a short rest the medicine man who had been initiated by an Oruncha rubbed his body over with grease and then, placing him on the ground on his back, proceeded to paint a special design on his chest, abdomen and forehead (Fig. 1 76). This design is called Marilla and is the sacred drawing of the.

The excerpt is presented as public-source context. Terminology belongs to the cited source and may be historical, contested, culturally specific, or outdated.

Browse this record

Narrative type: Descriptive Belief RecordsEncyclopedia profile: Medicine manSource: Internet ArchiveOpen original public source

Related public records

  1. medicine man in The folklore, manners, customs, and languages of the South Australian aborigines#16311879 / Internet Archive / SA / Descriptive Belief Recordswho was some 32 years among the wild tribes was talcen by the aborigines for a departed cliief, and consequently his life was spared. The s'pear of the departed cbief was in Buckley's hand when found, his height and so…
  2. medicine man in The Aborigines of New South Wales#18131892 / Internet Archive / NSW / Descriptive Belief Recordsoy by the arms and lead him along the track, and set him in the middle of the other enclosure. As soon as this is done the women rise from their prostrate position, and begin to dance and sing. The Murringgari tribe, on…
  3. medicine man in The Aborigines of New South Wales#18321892 / Internet Archive / NSW / Retellings and Adaptations, the use of gesture language and, masonic signs ; (4), the numeration of the aborigines. rpi VKarabari' is an aboriginal name for those dances which our natives jy- , ^ . often have in the forests at night. Hitherto th…
  4. medicine man in The Aborigines of New South Wales#18331892 / Internet Archive / NSW / Descriptive Belief Recordsof the craft, and thus needs no more. In any case they are used as talismans, and are carried in his waist belt during the whole of the man's life. A * karaji,* in the presence of a friend of mine, swal- lowed three or…
  5. medicine-man in Ethnological studies among the north-west-central Queensland aborigines#13781897 / Internet Archive / QLD / Descriptive Belief Recordsed chest-ornament. mitin-dé-/7-% = round, curved. min-di = much, many (ef. mundia, mungkora) min-di-& = heavy. miing-i-roo == seed of a sp. of edible nut-grass. miing-kér-& = largest kind of dilly-bag, and so, very grea…
  6. medicine-man in Ethnological studies among the north-west-central Queensland aborigines#13791897 / Internet Archive / QLD / Descriptive Belief Recordsomen to draw attention to its source of origin. Woo., Goa. Fig. 124. Child—one’s own flesh and blood: mother-in-law.—The closed hand and thumb tapping upon the forehead, the ides 2a of “ think-all-the-same” in the ease…
AboutSourceIndexMap