Notes on a hero cult from the Gulf of Carpentaria, North Queensland : [with plates 26-28] / by Donald F. Thomson
- Bib ID:
- 3789903
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Thomson, Donald F. (Donald Fergusson), 1901-1970
- Description:
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- London : Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, [1934]
- pages 217-235, 3 leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
- Series:
- Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland ; v. 64, 1934.
- Summary:
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Tjungundji of Lower Batavia River; Sketch maps of area give locations of tribes, clans; Short note on language and comparison with Koko Yao; Organization of tribe, clan totems, marriage system; Naming of children at birth by augury; Cult hero Sivirri and myth of migration to Torres Straits; Initiation ceremony - enclosure in ceremonial ground for initiates, drum men, masked figures, dancers painted and wear fringed skirt and ornaments, drums; Non-ritual dance described - animal masks; Material culture - manufacture of ceremonial skirts, canoes; Craft specialization; Influence from Torres Straits.
- Notes:
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- Reprinted from the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, vol. 64, July-December, 1934.
- Bibliography: p. 235.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland, Northern -- Rites and ceremonies
- Angkamuthi / Anggamudi people (Y7) (Qld SC54-12)
- Wimarangga language (Y23) (Qld SD54-03)
- Gugu Yau people (Y22) (Qld SD54-04)
- Unjadi language (Y13) (Qld SC54-16)
- Luthigh language (Y12) (Qld SC54-15)
- Nggerigudi / Yupngayth people (Y19) (Qld SD54-03)
- Gugu Yau language (Y22) (Qld SD54-04)
- Transport - Water - Canoes
- Social organisation - Kinship - Marriage
- Linngithigh people (Y26) (Qld SD54-03)
- Unjadi people (Y13) (Qld SC54-16)
- Wimarangga people (Y23) (Qld SD54-03)
- Tjungundji people (Y14) (Qld SD54-03)
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial grounds
- Language
- Tainikuit people (Y24) (Qld SD54-03)
- Costume and clothing - Masks
- Linngithigh language (Y26) (Qld SD54-03)
- Ngadhugudi people (Y16) (Qld SD54-03)
- Ngadhugudi language (Y16) (Qld SD54-03)
- Technology - Utensils
- Stories and motifs - Cultural heroes
- Luthigh people (Y12) (Qld SC54-15)
- Angkamuthi / Anggamudi language (Y7) (Qld SC54-12)
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Tainikuit language (Y24) (Qld SD54-03)
- Nggerigudi / Yupngayth language (Y19) (Qld SD54-03)
- Religion - Totemism
- Tjungundji language (Y14) (Qld SD54-03)
- Language - Personal names
- Torres Strait Islands (Qld TSI SC54, SC55-05)
- Queensland Gulf country (Qld SE54)
- Wenlock River / Batavia River (Qld NW Cape York SD54-03, SD54-04, SD54-08)
- Gulf of Carpentaria (SD53, SD54, SE54)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2040 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1970
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1934
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