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spirit in Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia

YEAR
1914
PLACE
Northern Territory
SOURCE
Internet Archive
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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
Index status
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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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