628 pages, 1 folded leaf of plates, 12 pages of colour plates : illustrations, map ; 27 cm
Contents
Includes index
Summary
Based mainly on the Pitjandjara & Junkandjar people. Subsistence patterns including food preparation; material culture; trade; sand drawings; string figures; body painting rock painting & engraving; head ornaments; stone arrangements, childrens drawings in crayon; leaf games; myths in relation to sacred sites; objects, astronomy, animal & art; rituals including initiation, rain, increase, mortuary; tooth avulsion; medicine men; dancing; sign language
