ISBN10: 1108020445, ISBN13: 9781108020442, [publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004 (first published in 1899)] Softcover 23.0 x 15.0ms, 668pp, 130+ b/w illusts, kinship diagrams, very good paperback & cover This book covers: the tribes' social organisation; marriage ceremonies; totems; the churina / bullroarers of the Arunta; intichiuma ceremonies; initiation ceremonies; the origin of the alcheringa ancestors of the Arunta tribe; knocking out teeth, blood drinking & cannibalism: the Kurdaitcha, Illapurinja & the avenging party / atinga; burial & mourning customs; the iruntarinia / arumburinga or spirit individuals; medicine men & magic; methods of obtaining wives; sun, moon, eclipse myths; clothing, weapons, implements & decorative art; names; the wilyaru ceremony of the Urabunna tribe; Mr Gason's account of the Dieri (Dieverie) tribe; ; the measurements of 20 men & 10 women.
[Sydney, NSW, Australia] [Publication Year: 2010]

Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2010 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). 740 p. Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics . 3 Tables, black and white; 4 Plates, color; 4 Maps; 132 Halftones, black and white. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.