Author : Baldwin Spencer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
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 and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 708 pages. 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.