. Across Australia . I 1^. :,20. 1 .lOl !■ < <\ • •] [• W 1 M I \ W \1 I I M . i \ l M -\\< <\\.\\ I \l >.\<l M>. nc w II ii liui fjiL* iKuilcil 11\ ci Willi I ii| ic-rla\ !uis ihc arni-lpi>nL in it-^ ca-e]>ci.\wcn luT li-L,^s, aiiMilu;! ItlIs .1 pilrlii i-Mni,iininL^ c<KikL*tl ^nake-s whicli will. XIX DEATH, MOURNING AND BURIAL 437 woman was the daughter of the head man of the snaketotem, to which she also belonged. On this final dayof the ceremonies a special drawing was made on theground representing the old snake, together with a water-hole where he went into
. Across Australia . I 1^. :,20. 1 .lOl !■ < <\ • •] [• W 1 M I \ W \1 I I M . i \ l M -\\< <\\.\\ I \l >.\<l M>. nc w II ii liui fjiL* iKuilcil 11\ ci Willi I ii| ic-rla\ !uis ihc arni-lpi>nL in it-^ ca-e]>ci.\wcn luT li-L,^s, aiiMilu;! ItlIs .1 pilrlii i-Mni,iininL^ c<KikL*tl ^nake-s whicli will. XIX DEATH, MOURNING AND BURIAL 437 woman was the daughter of the head man of the snaketotem, to which she also belonged. On this final dayof the ceremonies a special drawing was made on theground representing the old snake, together with a water-hole where he went into the ground and certain sacredtrees near by, where he left spirit children behind men were elaborately decorated with designs of red,white and yellow, the exact nature of which can be seenin the illustrations. Word was sent to the women to haveeverything ready, and on going to their camp we founda group of six of the older ones seated away from therest looking abjectly miserable. The oldest woman, withher face daubed over with pipe-clay, had charge of thearm-bone in its case, while another held on her kneesa pitchi containing a few cooked snakes, which wereintended as an offering to the old men (Fig. 320). The women were not, of course, allowed to see theceremony, and as soon as the performance was over atrench a
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