Sterbende welt in Nordwest-Australien / Helmut Petri
- Bib ID:
- 2379368
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Petri, Helmut
- Description:
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- Braunschweig, Germany : Albert Limbach, ©1954
- 352 p., xxiii p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Series:
- Kulturgeschichtliche Forschungen (Munich, Germany) ; bd. 05.
- Summary:
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General life, physical & mental characteristics; food gathering and nutrition; tools, weapons, dillybags, etc., bodily ornaments; Wondjina myths associated with rituals, routes associated with mythical beings; totemism magic & medicine men; initation - circumcision, subincision - mainly Ungarinyin, mentions Unambal & Worora; Kinship tables, subsections, myths & totems of Nyigina tribe.
- Notes:
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- Includes bibliographical references.
- Text in German.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Social life and customs
- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Folklore
- Health - Treatments - Traditional - Clever people
- Technology - Tools
- Religion - Totemism
- Health status - Nutrition
- Nyikina people (K3) (WA SE51-11)
- Gathering
- Art - Subjects - Wandjina
- Initiation - Circumcision
- Wunambal people (K22) (WA SD51-12)
- Social organisation - Kinship - Systems - Sections and subsections
- Worrorra people (K17) (WA SD51-16)
- Technology - Dilly bags
- Stories and motifs - Mythological beings
- Weapons
- Initiation - Subincision
- Ngarinyin / Ungarinyin people (K18) (WA SE52-01)
- West Kimberley area (WA SD51, SD52, SE51)
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1954
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