Where strange gods call / by A.M. Duncan-Kemp
- Bib ID:
- 2668413
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Duncan-Kemp, A. M. (Alice Monkton)
- Description:
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- Brisbane : W.R. Smith and Paterson, [1968]
- xxxiv, 325 p., [152] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, facsims. ; 25 cm.
- Summary:
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Reminiscences of life on Mooraberrie homestead, c.130 miles west of Windorah; Prologue (stellar, creation myths of Dieri, Yalliundra & Wongkonguru); p.10-22; Authors tribal initiation (naming ceremony, ochre forehead pattern, heated spear, symbolic spear), wife stealing; p.27-29; Artifacts (spearheads of stone & wood, wooden scoops, stone balls for bola, pierced shell ornaments, kangaroo bone knife), visits look out site (sharpening grooves, rock paintings); p.56-60; Childrens musical instruments (bean tree gourd, hardwood bow strung with grass, earth drum), girls puberty camp (directional signs, bark kilt); p.90-98; Sorcery at Kooroongoora ritual (use of sharpened wildfowl bone, spear south of Bedourie sung over fire), preparation of ritual objects, stone tools, acceptance of ritual by Wonkamurra & Cooracuddi tribes but not Koonkaburra & Mokawari; p.168-175; Initiation ceremony (food obligations, dress, narcotic sprayed food, physical ordeals of candidates), ceremonial dress (twig headdress, fur, blood adhesive), didjeridu annointed with grease, circumcision on human table; p.184-185; Pituri on banks of Georgina River preparation, value as trade item, myth of origin; p.229-230; Aboriginal migration route through Georgina-Diamantina-Mulligan area, origin of name Boulia, presence of Karanya, Natchawiree & Pitta Pitta tribes; p.246- 249; Penultimate ceremony of Kooroongoora rite (flutes, fire dance, sand drum as accompaniment to brolga dance, possum skin drums, exchange of fire sticks); p.285-288; Final peace ceremony of Kooroongoora rite (arrangement of spears around fire, ritual combat, argument over correctness of body painting, ceremonial handing of torches, honey symbol of peace and fellowship); p.294-235; Munkeran myth of execution stone, visit of Wannameeri (Red Ochre) party (carved & painted pole, wanninga, white & red ochre body paint, seed rattles, leaf anklets, possum skin drums) glossary of Aboriginal words, list of animals & birds; giving Aboriginal names from Georgina-Diamantina area, where known; Plates show many features of Aboriginal life, body painting, Yirrkalla carvings, carvings from Bathurst Island, bark paintings from Yirrkalla, dilly bags, kadaitcha shoes, bone pointers, hair & cockatoo feather ornaments of Yiritja & Dua moieties, pipes; (Goulburn Island, Yirrkalla & Milingimbi), grinding stones (Noonamah), shields, bull roarers, woomeras, fire sticks, message sticks, spears, club, belts, spear heads (wood, iron, glass from Daly River), fighting & throwing sticks, stone knives, ritual objects; (Alice Springs, Hookers Creek, Petermann Ranages) childrens coffins (Yirrkalla)
- Subject:
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- Ethnology -- Australia
- Ethnology -- Channel Country (Qld.-S.A.)
- Aboriginal Australians -- Channel Country (Qld.-S.A.)
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Channel Country (Qld.-S.A.)
- Costume and clothing - Belts and waistbands
- Animals - Mammals - Marsupials - Possums / Gliders / Cuscus
- Trade and exchange
- Material culture - Fur and skin objects and decorations
- Technology - Stone - Grindstones
- Costume and clothing - Footwear, anklets etc
- Diyari / Dieri people (L17) (SA SH54-01)
- Costume and clothing - Hair dressing
- Art - Rock painting
- Art - Painting - Bark
- Communications - Message sticks
- Material culture - Bird feather objects and decorations
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects
- Technology - Stone - Knives
- Technology - Stone - Percussion and abrading
- Art - Rock art - Painting
- Substance use - Pituri
- Costume and clothing - Pubic covering
- Art - Bark painting
- Language - Personal names
- Wangkangurru / Wangganguru people (L27) (SA SG53-12)
- Language - Vocabulary - Animal names
- Pitta Pitta / Bittha Bittha language (G6) (Qld SF54-10)
- Animals - Birds - Brolgas
- Weapons - Spearthrowers
- Sites - Stone arrangements
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies - Mortuary objects - Coffins
- Environment - Land management - Fire
- Costume and clothing - Headdress, headbands
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Language - Vocabulary - Plant names
- Weapons - Spears - Throwing
- Stories and motifs - Creation / Cosmology
- Technology - Wood - Fire sticks
- Technology - Dilly bags
- Weapons - Clubs and fighting sticks
- Wangkumara / Wanggumara language (L25) (Qld SG54-15)
- Material culture - Human hair objects and decorations
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects - Bullroarers
- Wangkangurru / Wangganguru language (L27) (SA SG53-12)
- Plants - Pituri
- Djinang / Dyinang language (N94.1) (NT SD53-02)
- Stories and motifs - Birds
- Art - Body art
- Stories and motifs - Insects
- Diyari / Dieri language (L17) (SA SH54-01)
- Social organisation - Kinship - Systems - Moieties
- Music - Instruments - Percussion - Rattles
- Feuds and warfare
- Initiation - Circumcision
- Garanya / Garanja language (L32) (Qld SF54-14)
- Djinang / Dyinang people (N94.1) (NT SD53-02)
- Garanya / Garanja people (L32) (Qld SF54-14)
- Weapons - Throwing sticks
- Magic and sorcery - Clever people
- Music - Instruments - Wind - Didjeridu
- Music - Instruments
- Sites - Grinding grooves, sharpening marks etc
- Animals - Mammals - Marsupials - Kangaroos / Wallabies
- Gathering - Honey
- Pitta Pitta / Bittha Bittha people (G6) (Qld SF54-10)
- Wangkumara / Wanggumara people (L25) (Qld SG54-15)
- Material culture - Bark objects
- Law enforcement - Customary - Kadaitcha
- Stories and motifs - Fire
- Animals - Birds - Parrots
- Queensland -- Description and travel
- Yirrkala (East Arnhem Land SD53-04)
- Noonamah (NT Top End SD52-04)
- Georgina River (Qld Far West SF54)
- Diamantina River (Qld Far West SF54, SG54)
- Queensland Far North West (Qld Far NW SE54)
- Goulburn Islands (West Arnhem Land NT SC53-13)
- Windorah (Qld Far West SG54-08)
- Bathurst Island (NT SC52-15)
- Mulligan River (Qld Far West SF54, SG54)
- Petermann Ranges (South Central NT SG52-07, WA SG52-06)
- Boulia (Qld Far West SF54-10)
- Bedourie (Qld Far West SG54-01)
- Milingimbi (Central Arnhem Land SD53-02)
- Mparntwe / Alice Springs (South Central NT SF53-14)
- Lajamanu / Hooker Creek (Central NT SE52-08, SE52-12)
- Milingimbi (Central Arnhem Land NT SD53-02)
- Queensland Gulf country (Qld SE54)
- Daly Waters (North NT SE53-01)
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- Publication date:
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