RECORD ID

3633

FIGURE

Spirit

NARRATIVE

Spirit-Person Narratives

PRINTED LABEL

spirit

PUBLICATION

The Aborigines of New South Wales; John Fraser

AUTHOR

Not specified

made on his breast. At all events, they may serve the same purpose as the blazon on a seaman's arms or breast, and be useful in identifying a man's body if he has been disfigured on the field of battle ; or, like the knocking out of the front tooth in the Bora ceremonies, the marks may help to identify him as a true blackfellow when he dies and descends to spirit-land. All blackfellows are more or less marked on the body in this way, but not on the face ; the thing is done when the person is young, perhaps from 6 to 12 years of age ; the marks may be found also on the hips and the upper arm, and, in the case of women, between the.

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1. 01spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
2. 02spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
3. 03spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
4. 04spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
5. 05spirit in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive
6. 06spirit in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive