The Resource Down among the wild men : the narrative journal of fifteen years pursuing the Old Stone Age Aborigines of Australia's Western Desert, John Greenway
Down among the wild men : the narrative journal of fifteen years pursuing the Old Stone Age Aborigines of Australia's Western Desert, John Greenway
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The item Down among the wild men : the narrative journal of fifteen years pursuing the Old Stone Age Aborigines of Australia's Western Desert, John Greenway represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS).
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- Summary
- Personal reminiscences adapted from field journals; describes work of H.M. Cooper at Hallett Cove; establishment of Tindales Kartan assemblage, trihybrid theory of population origin, Australian culture chronology (Kartan, Tartangan, Pirrian, Mudukian, Murundian); describes Umeewarra Mission, Yalata, ceremonial site similar to those described by R.H. Mathews in N.S.W.; Pitjandjara age categories & names, circumcision; discusses totemism, mythology (Wati Kutjara myth as example), ritual (Aranda contemplation of ritual objects compared to Stations of the Cross), prayer and magic; describes search for flint outcrop near Eucla; gives diagrams showing eight section & six section marriage systems; lists Pitjandjara names for grubs; gives diagram of spearthrower giving Pitjandjara names for each part & for materials used; cooking & sharing of food; diagram of marriage system of Maldjana; describes Red Ochre cult - punishment for breakers of ceremonial laws, quotes example of death of young woman at Amata; mining operations (chrysoprase) of Amata Society at Mount Davies described
- Extent
- [viii], 361 pages :
- Note
- Copy 2 published by Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1972
- Label
- Down among the wild men : the narrative journal of fifteen years pursuing the Old Stone Age Aborigines of Australia's Western Desert
- Title
- Down among the wild men
- Title remainder
- the narrative journal of fifteen years pursuing the Old Stone Age Aborigines of Australia's Western Desert
- Statement of responsibility
- John Greenway
- Subject
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- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Cooper, H. M., (Harold Moore), 1886-1970
- Food - Insects - Grubs
- Food - Sociocultural aspects - Sharing
- Initiation - Circumcision
- Language - Vocabulary
- Magic and sorcery - Clever people
- Mining industry - Mine workers
- Amata Society
- Religion - Totemism
- Religions - Christianity - Missions
- Religions - Christianity - Missions - United Aborigines Mission
- Social organisation - Kinship - Marriage
- Stories and motifs
- Technology - Tools
- Tindale, Norman B., (Norman Barnett), 1900-1993
- Weapons - Spearthrowers
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects - Boards
- Summary
- Personal reminiscences adapted from field journals; describes work of H.M. Cooper at Hallett Cove; establishment of Tindales Kartan assemblage, trihybrid theory of population origin, Australian culture chronology (Kartan, Tartangan, Pirrian, Mudukian, Murundian); describes Umeewarra Mission, Yalata, ceremonial site similar to those described by R.H. Mathews in N.S.W.; Pitjandjara age categories & names, circumcision; discusses totemism, mythology (Wati Kutjara myth as example), ritual (Aranda contemplation of ritual objects compared to Stations of the Cross), prayer and magic; describes search for flint outcrop near Eucla; gives diagrams showing eight section & six section marriage systems; lists Pitjandjara names for grubs; gives diagram of spearthrower giving Pitjandjara names for each part & for materials used; cooking & sharing of food; diagram of marriage system of Maldjana; describes Red Ochre cult - punishment for breakers of ceremonial laws, quotes example of death of young woman at Amata; mining operations (chrysoprase) of Amata Society at Mount Davies described
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- Greenway, John
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cooper, H. M.
- Tindale, Norman B.
- Amata Society
- Label
- Down among the wild men : the narrative journal of fifteen years pursuing the Old Stone Age Aborigines of Australia's Western Desert, John Greenway
- Note
- Copy 2 published by Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1972
- Control code
- M0056250
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- [viii], 361 pages :
- Governing access note
- AIATSIS Rare Book and Research Collection materials are stored offsite and require a minimum of two business days advance notice for bookings. Access conditions for some items may be restricted due to their cultural content, rarity, value or physical condition.
- Immediate source of acquisition
- Copies 2 & 3 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
- Stock number
- 8641
- System control number
- 0080301
- Label
- Down among the wild men : the narrative journal of fifteen years pursuing the Old Stone Age Aborigines of Australia's Western Desert, John Greenway
- Note
- Copy 2 published by Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1972
- Control code
- M0056250
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- [viii], 361 pages :
- Governing access note
- AIATSIS Rare Book and Research Collection materials are stored offsite and require a minimum of two business days advance notice for bookings. Access conditions for some items may be restricted due to their cultural content, rarity, value or physical condition.
- Immediate source of acquisition
- Copies 2 & 3 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
- Stock number
- 8641
- System control number
- 0080301
Subject
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Cooper, H. M., (Harold Moore), 1886-1970
- Food - Insects - Grubs
- Food - Sociocultural aspects - Sharing
- Initiation - Circumcision
- Language - Vocabulary
- Magic and sorcery - Clever people
- Mining industry - Mine workers
- Amata Society
- Religion - Totemism
- Religions - Christianity - Missions
- Religions - Christianity - Missions - United Aborigines Mission
- Social organisation - Kinship - Marriage
- Stories and motifs
- Technology - Tools
- Tindale, Norman B., (Norman Barnett), 1900-1993
- Weapons - Spearthrowers
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects - Boards
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