• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH003340

Series of ceremonies : Eucla district natives / [Daisy Bates]

  • Repository AIATSIS Manuscript and Rare Books Collection
  • Reference PMS 5039
  • Description

    Records made in Eucla district; descriptions of ceremonies observed including emu dancing and instruments used; words of songs in unidentified language; describes body painting and decoration; lists names of dancers and singers; myth associated with distribution of fire; ceremony named as Wanji; Wanji and Wanna-wa.

  • Access Open access - reading.

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  • Primary Creator
    • Bates, Daisy May (1859 - 1951)