spirit in Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia

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3818

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Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia; Baldwin Spencer

Published

1914

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Spirit-Person Narratives

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spirit

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Federation Era

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Bathurst, NSW (NSW): high; Northern Territory (NT): B

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NSW

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tically a thing of the past, for the tribe is now decimated in numbers and degenerate in habits. The Muraian of the Kakadu will not survive for long. <2 2 CHAPTER VI BURIAL AND MOURNING CEREMONIES Melville and Bathurst Islands. — Description of graves. — Decoration and erection of grave posts. — Mourning ceremonies. — Danc- ing round the fire. — Driving the spirit into the ground. — Description of ceremonies performed at the grave. — Special bark armlets and discs worn and carried by the wromen. — Colour decorations of men and women. — Kakadu tribe. — Death and burial of a woman. — Morlil ceremony, in part a purification ceremony..

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