| Description |
296 pages, 26 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Historical evidence -- Head hunting and the war dance -- Sex and society -- Musical ability and invention -- Music, magic and medicine -- The last dance |
| Summary |
Investigation of 'primitive' music and dance, descriptions of various dance by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, including Arrernte, Yuin and Tasmanians, for ceremony and other occasions; musical instruments, clappsticks, drums and clapping; Arrernte devil dance; power of bull roarers and use of bull roarers in Yuin ceremony; Tasmanian singing and dancing ability; reference to Kadaitcha and pointing the bone; Moorunde on the Murray River |
| Analysis |
Moorunde people |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 281-292 |
| Subject |
Dance -- Anthropological aspects.
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Dance -- Social aspects.
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Folk dancing -- Social aspects.
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Folk music -- Social aspects.
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Folk dancing.
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Learning -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
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Folk music.
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Music, Primitive
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Primitive societies -- Study and teaching.
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Primitive societies.
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Rites and ceremonies.
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| Author |
Hose, Charles, 1863-1929.
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| LC no. |
27014845 |
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