Baldwin Spencer, Spencer

Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first ethnographic survey of thirteen tribes from the Northern Territories of Australia, first published in 1914.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 706
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 980g
• ISBN-13: 9781108020459
• ISBN-10: 1108020453
• Artikelnr.: 32314434

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Social organisation and marriage regulations
3. Initiation ceremonies
4. Totemic systems and totem groups
5. Sacred sticks, bull-roarers, and ceremonial objects
6. Burial and mourning ceremonies
7. Magic and medicine
8. Beliefs in regard to the origin of children
9. Traditions concerning Imberombera, the Great Ancestor, and also other ancestors of the Kakadu nation
10. Various traditions, customs, and beliefs
11. Food restrictions
12. Weapons and implements
13. Clothing and ornament
14. Decorative art
Appendix
Glossary of native terms
Index.