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Ritual and ceremonial dancing--Australian aborigines, photographs.

Title
Ritual and ceremonial dancing--Australian aborigines, photographs.
Publication
[Australia]

Details

Additional Authors
DHCA
Description
photographic prints : b&w.
Subject
  • Australian aboriginal dance
  • Aboriginal Australians > Rites and ceremonies
  • Puberty rites
Note
  • Includes a group of 38 photographs taken in 1947 during Ted Shawn's dance tour of Australia. Among the aboriginal ceremonies depicted are the yam ceremony, dog and kangaroo ceremony, Pukumani totemic ceremony for the dead (Melville Island), and girls' puberty rite.
Call Number
*MGZEA
OCLC
NYPY94-F154
Title
Ritual and ceremonial dancing--Australian aborigines, photographs.
Imprint
[Australia]
Local Subject
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Australian aborigines.
Animal dances.
Added Author
DHCA
Research Call Number
*MGZEA
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