Members of the Warramunga tribe, Australia, preparing a ground drawing for a totemic ceremony. In this case the ceremony is connected with the black snake totem and the wavy outline of the snake may be seen in the unfinished drawing. After a 19th cenutury photograph. From Customs of The World, published 1900.

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Members of the Warramunga tribe, Australia, preparing a ground drawing for a totemic ceremony. In this case the ceremony is connected with the black snake totem and the wavy outline of the snake may be seen in the unfinished drawing. After a 19th century photograph. From Customs of The World, published

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