Author : Baldwin Spencer
Release : 1914
Genre : Ethnology
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia by : Baldwin Spencer
Download or read book Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia written by Baldwin Spencer. This book was released on 1914. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical characteristics; organization and marriage regulations, relationship terms, status terms, local grouping; initiation ceremonies - Melville Island, Larakia tribe, Worgait (circumcision) initiates visit other tribal camps; totemic systems and totem groups; ceremonial objects; burial and mourning ceremonies, magic & medicine, reincarnation and conception beliefs, weapons & implements, canoes, clothing & ornaments; ritual bodily decoration; vocabulary and notes of Warrai tribe & Melville Island tribe; subjects cover Wardaman, Laragia, Worgait, Warrai, Melville & Bathurst Islands tribes.