The naturalist in Australia, by W. Saville-Kent
- Bib ID:
- 193348
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Saville-Kent, W. (William), -1908
- Description:
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- London, Chapman & Hall, limited, 1897
- xv, 302 p. front (port.) illus., 59 pl. (part col.) 32 cm.
- Summary:
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p.7-15; Bark canoes (Palm Island), dugouts with outrigger (N. Qld coast), triangular rafts & logs (Kings Sound); physical appearance, pierced noses, hair belts (Kimberley); carved shell pubic coverings, one with arrow designs (possibly white influence), patterns reproduced on baobab nuts & weapons (Roebuck Bay); weapons (Aust.,, Qld); use & method of boomerang throwing (see also Appendix A for comparison with other races), spear-heads (Kimberleys); woomera (N. Qld, N.W. Aust.); fire-making (Qld, Kimberleys); treatment of women (Aust.); wooden baby cradle, lumps of clay attached to hair of widow (Roebuck Bay)
- Subject:
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- Natural history -- Australia
- Art - Carving and engraving - Boab nuts
- Weapons - Spears - Throwing
- Costume and clothing - Pubic covering
- Death - Mourning - Mourning caps
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
- Costume and clothing - Nose pegs and piercing
- Environment - Land management - Fire
- Weapons - Bows and arrows
- Technology - Fire - Fire making
- Costume and clothing - Belts and waistbands
- Transport - Water - Canoes
- Human biology - Physical anthropology - Hair characteristics
- Transport - Water - Rafts
- Weapons - Boomerangs - Throwing
- Material culture - Human hair objects and decorations
- Weapons - Spearthrowers
- Family - Widows and widowers
- East Kimberley area (WA SD52, SE52)
- Queensland South East Cape York (Qld SD54, SD55)
- South West Western Australia (SW WA SH50, SI50)
- Palm Island (NE Qld SE55-10)
- King Sound (WA West Kimberley SE51-03, SE51-07)
- Roebuck Bay (WA West Kimberley SE51-06, SE51-10)
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1908
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1897
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