. Across Australia . and hasvertical bands of white down painted on his face and onthe front of his body so far as the knees. The medicineman has a median line of white from the top of hishelmet to the tip of his nose, a curved line round eacheye and two curved ones on each side of his body,so that he can easily be distinguished from the Kurdaitchaman himself. Each man wears the shoes, which aredecorated with pink and white down, and while they arebeing put on, the following simple refrain is chanted bythe Kurdaitcha :— Interlinia turla attipaInterlinia attipa, which means Interlinia (the nati
. Across Australia . and hasvertical bands of white down painted on his face and onthe front of his body so far as the knees. The medicineman has a median line of white from the top of hishelmet to the tip of his nose, a curved line round eacheye and two curved ones on each side of his body,so that he can easily be distinguished from the Kurdaitchaman himself. Each man wears the shoes, which aredecorated with pink and white down, and while they arebeing put on, the following simple refrain is chanted bythe Kurdaitcha :— Interlinia turla attipaInterlinia attipa, which means Interlinia (the native name of the shoes)to me stick fast, Interlinia stick fast. Each man carriesa shield, spears and also one or more bull-roarers, whichare supposed to impart strength, courage, and accuracy ofaim and also to make them invisible to their still, the Kurdaitcha wears a girdle made from thehair cut from the head of the man whose death he isgoing to avenge. This girdle, the hair to make which is *%■■. IiLr. iN. Mr Ki I \i |i. H \ l!l> I M M\. iiiwuLii lii> lir lipids a small stint (liaiiiii;;i ; the >1iol--, art- seen oni^ hri, ;in(l 111 111-, luU he ImhU l shj^.-lii jml (wi, Uireew I > iilcn ( liunuL;.!.
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