. Natives of Australia. ved, whomight be a numerous party, including widely ramifyingrelationships. These men were painted white in tokenof their kinsmans death. Each man was armed withhis shield, a bundle of spears, several boomerangs, andvarious clubs used for throwing. The women sat infront, drumming on their folded rugs and singing atthe same time some song appropriate to the the men and women of the avenging partymoved forward by short stages, the males crouching,as if for protection, behind the singers, till they cameto a spot about sixty yards from the waitjurk. Thenthe wo
. Natives of Australia. ved, whomight be a numerous party, including widely ramifyingrelationships. These men were painted white in tokenof their kinsmans death. Each man was armed withhis shield, a bundle of spears, several boomerangs, andvarious clubs used for throwing. The women sat infront, drumming on their folded rugs and singing atthe same time some song appropriate to the the men and women of the avenging partymoved forward by short stages, the males crouching,as if for protection, behind the singers, till they cameto a spot about sixty yards from the waitjurk. Thenthe women moved off to one side, and they addressedthe murderer, asking why he had slain their kinsman ;he replied with a denial of the accusation, whereuponthe ordeal opened with a shower of spears. If heescaped them, and his shield were not so full as to beuseless, he might also survive the shower of boomerangswhich followed ; if he still survived, clubs in the shapeof a double cone were thrown at him. The waitjurk Plate 24.
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