spirit in Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia
— Water-pouring Ceremony. Kakadu Tribe .... 242 61.— Men Painting themselves and Children with Nack. Kakadu Tribe ... 244 62.— Women wearing Armlets called Kundama, during Mourning Ceremony. Kakadu Tribe. ... . . 244 63.— Child's Bones carried about in Dilly Bag by her Mother. Kakadu Tribe. 248 64.…
- Record ID
- 3,788
- Year
- 1,914
- Source
- Internet Archive
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- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 3788
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia; Baldwin Spencer
- Published
- 1914
- Narrative type
- Descriptive Belief Records
- Public-text label
- spirit
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Northern Territory (NT): B
- State or territory
- NT
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
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— Water-pouring Ceremony. Kakadu Tribe .... 242 61.— Men Painting themselves and Children with Nack. Kakadu Tribe ... 244 62.— Women wearing Armlets called Kundama, during Mourning Ceremony. Kakadu Tribe. ... . . 244 63.— Child's Bones carried about in Dilly Bag by her Mother. Kakadu Tribe. 248 64. — Ceremony of Korno 258 65.— Placing Sticks over the Buried Spirit at the close of the Korno Ceremony. Kakadu Tribe 260 66.— The Old and the Young Numereji Snake. A Bark Drawing. Kakadu Tribe . . . 313 67. — Bubba Peibi from a Drawing on Bark . . . .313 68.— Medicine Man rubbing his Hand under his Arrii-pit to secure Moisture to rub on.
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