medicine man in Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia
be heard singing out, yirkudda, quick, Koafungi, daylight, nungoitji, cold. They can be seen by the margi, or medicine man, wandering about in the bush, the man carrying a basket (drawn hanging from his left shoulder) in which he collects sugar bag, and the woman, who carries a digging stick, searc…
- Record ID
- 3,845
- Year
- 1,914
- Source
- Internet Archive
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- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 3845
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia; Baldwin Spencer
- Published
- 1914
- Narrative type
- Descriptive Belief Records
- Public-text label
- medicine man
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Northern Territory (NT): B
- State or territory
- NT
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Text Item
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be heard singing out, yirkudda, quick, Koafungi, daylight, nungoitji, cold. They can be seen by the margi, or medicine man, wandering about in the bush, the man carrying a basket (drawn hanging from his left shoulder) in which he collects sugar bag, and the woman, who carries a digging stick, searching for turtles and yams. Fig. 83 represents a very special spirit which was first seen by a medicine man named Mitjuombo. It is called* Warraguk and is supposed to walk about in the day- time, searching for mormo, or sugar bag. When at rest it lives in the bamboos and paper bark trees, on to which it hangs like a bat. Also it has flaps.
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