. Across Australia . X CEREMONIES OF THE ARUNTA TRIBE 267 of one of the celebrated Alcheringa men whose name wasUrangara. Every individual, or at least very manymembers of the community, have what may be calledcommon, everyday names, somewhat akin to nicknamesamongst ourselves. One of us for example, was knownas atnitta, in reference to a somewhat relativelygenerous proportion of size in the region below the waist;by way of contrast, the other was known as atnittakupitcha, the second word meaning small. Weendeavoured bymeans of sketches to give them some idea ofthe personal features and relati
. Across Australia . X CEREMONIES OF THE ARUNTA TRIBE 267 of one of the celebrated Alcheringa men whose name wasUrangara. Every individual, or at least very manymembers of the community, have what may be calledcommon, everyday names, somewhat akin to nicknamesamongst ourselves. One of us for example, was knownas atnitta, in reference to a somewhat relativelygenerous proportion of size in the region below the waist;by way of contrast, the other was known as atnittakupitcha, the second word meaning small. Weendeavoured bymeans of sketches to give them some idea ofthe personal features and relative sizes of our friends and Dr. Fison whom we described as great Oknir-abata, men of immense weight amongst the tribes of thesouth-east, to whom we had to report all that we found out;whose knowledge was profound ; who could send outChuringa and make boys into men, and would at once knowif what we told them about the Arunta men was crookedand not .straight. After consideration the old men cameto the conclus
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