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Healers of Arnhem Land / John Cawte ; photography by Douglass Baglin ; drawings by Billy Reid.

Title
Healers of Arnhem Land / John Cawte ; photography by Douglass Baglin ; drawings by Billy Reid.
Author
Cawte, John
Publication
Sydney : UNSW Press, 1996.

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Description
137 p., [26] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps; 26 cm.
Subject
  • Yolngu (Australian people) > Medicine
  • Yolngu (Australian people) > Health and hygiene
  • Yolngu (Australian people) > Folklore
  • Traditional medicine > Australia > Arnhem Land (N.T.)
  • Healing > Australia > Arnhem Land (N.T.)
  • Medicine, Traditional
  • Fishes
  • Aphrodisiacs
  • Arnhem Land (N.T.) > Social life and customs
Genre/Form
Folklore
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Ch. 1. Pulse of Arnhem Land -- Ch. 2. With Intent to Inflame -- Ch. 3. Village Under Siege -- Ch. 4. Martyr of Nightsoil -- Ch. 5. Lethal Flu -- Ch. 6. Nomads Or Wanderers? -- Ch. 7. Aphrodisiacs for China -- Ch. 8. The Deadliest Jellyfish -- Ch. 9. The Most Virulent Fish -- Ch. 10. Kava -- The Church Drink -- Ch. 11. Treachery of Wild Food -- Ch. 12. Treachery of White Food -- Ch. 13. Healing by the First Intention -- Ch. 14. A New Pulse in Arnhem Land
ISBN
0868403512
LCCN
^^^97145841^
OCLC
  • 37089217
  • SCSB-10605641
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library