Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ERRATUM
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER II THE SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF THE TRIBES
- CHAPTER III CERTAIN CEREMONIES CONCERNED WITH MARRIAGE, TOGETHER WITH A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE SAME
- CHAPTER IV THE TOTEMS
- CHAPTER V THE CHURINGA OR BULL ROARERS OF THE ARUNTA AND OTHER TRIBES
- CHAPTER VI INTICHIUMA CEREMONIES
- CHAPTER VII INITIATION CEREMONIES
- CHAPTER VIII INITIATION CEREMONIES (continued)—THE ENGWURA CEREMONY
- CHAPTER IX INITIATION CEREMONIES (continued)—THE ENGWURA CEREMONY (concluded)
- CHAPTER X TRADITIONS DEALING WITH THE ORIGIN OF THE ALCHERINGA ANCESTORS OF THE ARUNTA TRIBE AND WITH PARTICULAR CUSTOMS
- CHAPTER XI TRADITIONS DEALING WITH THE ORIGIN OF THE ALCHERINGA ANCESTORS OF THE ARUNTA TRIBE AND WITH PARTICULAR CUSTOMS (continued)
- CHAPTER XII CUSTOMS CONCERNED WITH KNOCKING OUT OF TEETH; NOSE-BORING; GROWTH OF BREASTS; BLOOD BLOOD-LETTING, BLOOD-GIVING, BLOOD-DRINKING; HAIR; CHILDBIRTH; FOOD RESTRICTIONS; CANNIBALISM
- CHAPTER XIII THE CUSTOMS OF KURDAITCHA AND ILLAPURINJA AND THE AVENGING PARTY OR ATNINGA
- CHAPTER XIV CUSTOMS RELATING TO BURIAL AND MOURNING
- CHAPTER XV THE IRUNTARINIA AND ARUMBURINGA, OR SPIRIT INDIVIDUALS
- CHAPTER XVI THE MAKING AND THE POWERS OF MEDICINE MEN; VARIOUS FORMS OF MAGIC
- CHAPTER XVII METHODS OF OBTAINING WIVES
- CHAPTER XVIII MYTHS RELATING TO SUN, MOON, ECLIPSES, ETC
- CHAPTER XIX CLOTHING, WEAPONS, IMPLEMENTS, DECORATIVE ART
- APPENDIX A THE NAMES OF THE NATIVES
- APPENDIX B THE WILYARU CEREMONY OF THE URABUNNA TRIBE, TOGETHER WITH REFERENCES TO MR. GASON'S ACCOUNT OF THE DIERI (DIEYERIE) TRIBE
- APPENDIX C TABLE OF THE MEASUREMENTS OF TWENTY MALES AND TEN FEMALES
- GLOSSARY OF NATIVE TERMS USED
- INDEX
- Plate section
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ERRATUM
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER II THE SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF THE TRIBES
- CHAPTER III CERTAIN CEREMONIES CONCERNED WITH MARRIAGE, TOGETHER WITH A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE SAME
- CHAPTER IV THE TOTEMS
- CHAPTER V THE CHURINGA OR BULL ROARERS OF THE ARUNTA AND OTHER TRIBES
- CHAPTER VI INTICHIUMA CEREMONIES
- CHAPTER VII INITIATION CEREMONIES
- CHAPTER VIII INITIATION CEREMONIES (continued)—THE ENGWURA CEREMONY
- CHAPTER IX INITIATION CEREMONIES (continued)—THE ENGWURA CEREMONY (concluded)
- CHAPTER X TRADITIONS DEALING WITH THE ORIGIN OF THE ALCHERINGA ANCESTORS OF THE ARUNTA TRIBE AND WITH PARTICULAR CUSTOMS
- CHAPTER XI TRADITIONS DEALING WITH THE ORIGIN OF THE ALCHERINGA ANCESTORS OF THE ARUNTA TRIBE AND WITH PARTICULAR CUSTOMS (continued)
- CHAPTER XII CUSTOMS CONCERNED WITH KNOCKING OUT OF TEETH; NOSE-BORING; GROWTH OF BREASTS; BLOOD BLOOD-LETTING, BLOOD-GIVING, BLOOD-DRINKING; HAIR; CHILDBIRTH; FOOD RESTRICTIONS; CANNIBALISM
- CHAPTER XIII THE CUSTOMS OF KURDAITCHA AND ILLAPURINJA AND THE AVENGING PARTY OR ATNINGA
- CHAPTER XIV CUSTOMS RELATING TO BURIAL AND MOURNING
- CHAPTER XV THE IRUNTARINIA AND ARUMBURINGA, OR SPIRIT INDIVIDUALS
- CHAPTER XVI THE MAKING AND THE POWERS OF MEDICINE MEN; VARIOUS FORMS OF MAGIC
- CHAPTER XVII METHODS OF OBTAINING WIVES
- CHAPTER XVIII MYTHS RELATING TO SUN, MOON, ECLIPSES, ETC
- CHAPTER XIX CLOTHING, WEAPONS, IMPLEMENTS, DECORATIVE ART
- APPENDIX A THE NAMES OF THE NATIVES
- APPENDIX B THE WILYARU CEREMONY OF THE URABUNNA TRIBE, TOGETHER WITH REFERENCES TO MR. GASON'S ACCOUNT OF THE DIERI (DIEYERIE) TRIBE
- APPENDIX C TABLE OF THE MEASUREMENTS OF TWENTY MALES AND TEN FEMALES
- GLOSSARY OF NATIVE TERMS USED
- INDEX
- Plate section
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- Native Tribes of Central Australia , pp. xxi - xxiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1899