Decoration, deformation and clothing / by Walter E. Roth
- Bib ID:
- 151391
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Roth, Walter Edmund, 1861?-1933
- Description:
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- Sydney : [Australian Museum], 1910
- p. 20-54, [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Series:
- North Queensland ethnography: bulletin ; no. 15.
- Summary:
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Detailed information on hair dressing - far N.W. districts, Princess Charlotte Bay to Cape Grafton, Bloomfield River, Keppel Island, Brisbane; depilation of moustache or beard - Tully & Proserpine River, growing of beards (Cape Bedford, Boulia, Gulf country); use of nets; Pita Pita, Kalkadun, Cloncurry district, N.W. districts; false hair used by women; (Cloncurry); head decorations, feathers; Pennefather River, Lower Mitchell, Upper Georgina, Gunanni, Middle Palmer, Cardwell & Tully, Boulia & Upper Georgina; knuckle bone & teeth; Upper Georgina, Leichhardt, Selwyn, Cloncurry, Diamantina, Boulia, Burketown, Mornington Island; shell; Cape Grafton, Tully River, Keppel Island; fillets & circlets; Tully River, Boulia, Cloncurry, Leichhardt-Selwyn area, north-west districts, lower Gulf; fillet - eel bone (Tully River), fillet toadstool (Keppel Island); ear-piercing, ear-rings; Cape York Peninsula region, Cloncurry; nose-boring, nose-pins; Cape York, Wellesley Islands , Rockhampton, Boulia; tooth avulsion; throughout Peninsula, N.W. districts, Keppel Island, Diamantina River, Upper Georgina; types of necklaces - shell; Pennefather River, Mitchell & Staaten; opossum & kangaroo twine; N.W. districts, Boulia, Cloncurry, Leichhardt-Selwyn areas, Glenormiston, Roxburgh Downs; grass-reed & pandanus; throughout Queensland; cross-shoulder ornaments - Upper Georgina River, Pennefather River; eagle-claw ornaments - Boulia, Georgina & Burke Rivers; human hair belts - Cape York & Gulf country; apron belts - Pennefather, Princess Charlotte Bay, Cape Bedford, Fitzroy River, Upper Georgina; depilation of pubic hair Proserpine (both sexes), Lower Tully & Brisbane (females only), phallocrypts (Boulia, LeichhardtSelwyn, Upper Georgina); digital amputation (Kalkadun, Tarumbal); armlets & anklets (Pennefather River); decorative scars; Tully, Bloomfield River, Boulia, Roxburgh Downs, Georgina, Cloncurry, Pennefather, Middle Palmer, Koko-Olkulu, N.W. districts; feathering of body; Cape York Peninsula & N.W. districts; body painting; all districts; plaited blankets; Embley, Pennefather & Batavia Rivers; bark blankets; Nggerikudi, Chirpal, Ngatchan.
- Notes:
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- Cover title.
- "From Records of the Australian Museum, vol.viii, no.1, 1910." - Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Costume and adornment
- Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Social life and customs
- Animals - Fish - Eels
- Gugu Warra / Koko Wara people (Y80) (Qld SD55-13)
- Material culture - Bark objects
- Koko Bera people (Y85) (Qld SD54-15)
- Gugu Mini / Kokomini people (Y94) (Qld SE54-04)
- Body - Scarification
- Animals - Mammals - Marsupials - Possums / Gliders / Cuscus
- Plants - Fungi
- Material culture - String and rope making
- Costume and clothing - Footwear, anklets etc
- Material culture - Human hair objects and decorations
- Art - Body art
- Ngadyan / Ngadjon people (Y121) (Qld SE55-06)
- Material culture - Bird feather objects and decorations
- Animals - Mammals - Marsupials - Kangaroos / Wallabies
- Darumbal people (E46) (Qld SF56-13)
- Initiation - Tooth avulsion
- Gonaniin people (Y91) (Qld SE54-03)
- Costume and clothing - Armbands, bracelets etc
- Costume and clothing - Nose pegs and piercing
- Gunggandji / Gungandji people (Y114) (Qld SE55-06)
- Ayerrerenge / Yuruwinga people (G12) (NT SF54-05)
- Initiation - Finger amputation
- Costume and clothing - Hair dressing
- Nggerigudi / Yupngayth people (Y19) (Qld SD54-03)
- Body - Decoration - Body hair - Shaving and singeing
- Plants - Pandanus
- Guugu Yimidhirr / Gugu Yimithirr / Kuku Yimidhirr people (Y82) (Qld SD55-13)
- Kalkatungu / Kalkadoon people (G13) (Qld SF54-02)
- Mayi-Thakurti / Mitakoodi people (G16) (Qld SF54-02)
- Gugu Rarmul / Rarmul people (Y71) (Qld SD54-16)
- Dyirbal / Djirbal / Jirrabul people (Y123) (Qld SE55-05)
- Olgol / Olkol people (Y73) (Qld SD54-15)
- Malanbarra / Gulngay people (Y126) (Qld SE55-06)
- Costume and clothing - Necklaces, pendants etc
- Costume and clothing - Belts and waistbands
- Pitta Pitta / Bittha Bittha people (G6) (Qld SF54-10)
- Mitchell River (Qld NW Cape York SD54, SE54, SE55)
- Tully (NE Qld SE55-06)
- Wenlock River / Batavia River (Qld NW Cape York SD54-03, SD54-04, SD54-08)
- Diamantina River (Qld Far West SF54, SG54)
- Glenormiston (Qld Far West SF54-09)
- Proserpine (E Qld SF55-04)
- Cardwell (NE Qld SE55-10)
- Selwyn Range (Qld Far West SF54-06)
- Fitzroy River (E Qld SF56-13)
- Mornington Island (Qld Gulf Wellesley Islands SE54-01)
- Wujal Wujal / Bloomfield River (Qld SE Cape York SD55-13)
- Roxborough Downs (Qld Far West SF54-09)
- Georgina River (Qld Far West SF54)
- Staaten River (Qld Gulf SE54-03, SE54-04)
- Embley / Hey River (Qld NW Cape York SD54-03)
- Cloncurry (Qld Far NW SF54-02)
- Pennefather River (Qld NW Cape York SD54-03)
- Rockhampton (E Qld SF56-13)
- Yarrabah / Cape Grafton (NE Qld SE55-02)
- Burketown (Qld Gulf SE54-06)
- Boulia (Qld Far West SF54-10)
- Palmer River (NE Qld SE54-04, SE55-01, SD55-13)
- Cape Bedford (Qld SE Cape York SD55-13)
- Keppel Islands (E Qld SF56-13)
- Princess Charlotte Bay (Qld SE Cape York SD54-12, SD55-09)
- Brisbane (SE Qld SG56-15)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Australian Museum
- Copyright:
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- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1933
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1910
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