| Description |
xxii, 181 pages, 11 unnumbered page of plates : illustrations, folded map, folded genealogical table ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Includes index |
| Summary |
Some northern Aranda myths, with topograhical description of relevant areas; Totemism, personal and cult; Application of legends to present day life of tribe; Variations in myth and ritual between different groups of tribe; ownership of ritual objects, i.e. inheritance of legends, sacred objects, and rituals; Conception totemism; Travels of dreamtime heroes; Control of ceremonies; Aranda class relations and nomenclature |
| Analysis |
Aranda (Australian people) |
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Australian Aborigines - Central Australia - Aranda |
| Notes |
Library's copy (RB DNS 2770) accompanied by letter to Nichol Smith. ANL |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Restricted |
Mediated access: access to First Nations materials may be restricted while an audit, reparative description and reclassification of these materials is in progress |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
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Aranda (Australian people)
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Aranda (Australian people) -- Social life and customs.
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Ethnology -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
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Mythology, Aboriginal Australian.
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