Walbiri iconography: graphic representation and cultural symbolism in a central Australian society (Symbol, myth, and ritual series) - Hardcover

Munn, Nancy D

 
9780801407390: Walbiri iconography: graphic representation and cultural symbolism in a central Australian society (Symbol, myth, and ritual series)

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Based on Munn's 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

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ISBN 10:  0226551105 ISBN 13:  9780226551104
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1986
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