medicine man in Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia
ribe. ... . . 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 . . .…
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- 3,856
- Year
- 1,914
- Source
- Internet Archive
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- Record ID
- 3856
- 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
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- Source Grounded Section Record
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ribe. ... . . 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 the Patient. Kakadu Tribe . 319 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xix FIG. Facingpage 69.— Medicine Man sucking and massaging Patient to withdraw Girl Magic. Kakadu Tribe . 319 70. — Holes in the Rock supposed.
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