. Across Australia . l-ig. I2S. CKKI;Mmnv (i|. w \\|- TmI ,,|- —■fO iLij/sTK \ I h .i\i, ^[ o\ NruriMA. The linc^ of (luwn icpre^cnt uf watlle Irccs anicng>t «liicli ihe\\i.)niL-n dig li)i- ;iiil^ : the pcrNirmers icpresi^nt women. X CEREMONIES OF THE ARUNTA TRIBE 277 The Nurtunja in one form or another is very character-istic of the northern Arunta ; in the southern parts of thetribe it is less often used, its place being taken by abanner-like structure called a Waninga (Plate VI.). Thisagain varies much in size and form, but consists essentiallyof a central bar wi

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. Across Australia . l-ig. I2S. CKKI;Mmnv (i|. w \\|- TmI ,,|- —■fO iLij/sTK \ I h .i\i, ^[ o\ NruriMA. The linc^ of (luwn icpre^cnt uf watlle Irccs anicng>t «liicli ihe\\i.)niL-n dig li)i- ;iiil^ : the pcrNirmers icpresi^nt women. X CEREMONIES OF THE ARUNTA TRIBE 277 The Nurtunja in one form or another is very character-istic of the northern Arunta ; in the southern parts of thetribe it is less often used, its place being taken by abanner-like structure called a Waninga (Plate VI.). Thisagain varies much in size and form, but consists essentiallyof a central bar with one or two smaller ones at right anglesto it and strands of string so arranged as to form a flatexpanded surface. The smaller ones measure only a footor two in length. A larger one, such as is seen in Fig. 132,may reach a length of ten feet. This particular one wasused in a ceremony of the rain or water totem. It wasmade out of a spear ten feet long with two sticks eachthree feet in length fixed on at right a

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