Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- NOTE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER II SOCIAL ORGANISATION AND MARRIAGE REGULATIONS
- CHAPTER III INITIATION CEREMONIES
- CHAPTER IV TOTEMIC SYSTEMS AND TOTEM GROUPS
- CHAPTER V SACRED STICKS, BULL-ROARERS, AND CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
- CHAPTER VI BURIAL AND MOURNING CEREMONIES
- CHAPTER VII MAGIC AND MEDICINE
- CHAPTER VIII BELIEFS IN REGARD TO THE ORIGIN OF CHILDREN
- CHAPTER IX TRADITIONS CONCERNING IMBEROMBERA, THE GREAT ANCESTOR, AND ALSO OTHER ANCESTORS OF THE KAKADU NATION
- CHAPTER X VARIOUS TRADITIONS, CUSTOMS, AND BELIEFS
- CHAPTER XI FOOD RESTRICTIONS
- CHAPTER XII WEAPONS AND IMPLEMENTS
- CHAPTER XIII CLOTHING AND ORNAMENT
- CHAPTER XIV DECORATIVE ART
- APPENDIX
- GLOSSARY OF NATIVE TERMS
- INDEX
- Plate section
- Plate section
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- NOTE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER II SOCIAL ORGANISATION AND MARRIAGE REGULATIONS
- CHAPTER III INITIATION CEREMONIES
- CHAPTER IV TOTEMIC SYSTEMS AND TOTEM GROUPS
- CHAPTER V SACRED STICKS, BULL-ROARERS, AND CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
- CHAPTER VI BURIAL AND MOURNING CEREMONIES
- CHAPTER VII MAGIC AND MEDICINE
- CHAPTER VIII BELIEFS IN REGARD TO THE ORIGIN OF CHILDREN
- CHAPTER IX TRADITIONS CONCERNING IMBEROMBERA, THE GREAT ANCESTOR, AND ALSO OTHER ANCESTORS OF THE KAKADU NATION
- CHAPTER X VARIOUS TRADITIONS, CUSTOMS, AND BELIEFS
- CHAPTER XI FOOD RESTRICTIONS
- CHAPTER XII WEAPONS AND IMPLEMENTS
- CHAPTER XIII CLOTHING AND ORNAMENT
- CHAPTER XIV DECORATIVE ART
- APPENDIX
- GLOSSARY OF NATIVE TERMS
- INDEX
- Plate section
- Plate section
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1914