Title Walbiri iconography : graphic representation and cultural symbolism in a central Australian society / Nancy D. Munn

Published Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1973

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	305.89915 Mun/Wig		AVAILABLE

Description xxii, 234 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm Series Symbol, myth, and ritual series Symbol, myth, and ritual series. Contents Includes index Summary Based on fieldwork (1956-58) among Walbiri at Yuendumu; general ethnographic background; totemic designs and sand stories; womens myth and rituals (particularly associated with Yawalyu; male designs, myths and rituals (particularly associated with Bamba ceremonies); body painting and ceremonial paraphenalia; brief comments on the Walmalla and also Pitjantjara visited at Areyonga Analysis Walbiri Graphical symbolism Northern Territory Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 225-229 Includes index Notes Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Art -- Social aspects. Aboriginal Australians -- Pictorial works. Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Central Australia -- Social life and customs. Picture-writing -- Australia -- Northern Territory. Picture-writing. Signs and symbols -- Australia. Symbolism. Warlpiri (Australian people) SUBJECT Areyonga (N.T.) Yuendumu (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80075739 LC no. 72006361 ISBN 0801407397

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