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Title: Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Identifier: annualreportofbu1018881889smit (find matches)
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology
Subjects: Ethnology; Indians
Publisher: Washington : G. P. O.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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IN AUSTRAJ.IA. 163 they have traced. Much ability is displayed in iiiauy of these representatious, the subject of which could be discovered at a glance. The number of specimens are im- mense, so that the natives must have been in the habit of amusing themselves in this innocent manner for a long period of time. These savages of Australia, who have adorned the rocks of Depuch island with their drawings, have in one thing proved themselves superior to the Egyptian and the Etruscan, whose works have elicited so much admiration and afforded food to so many speculations, namely, there is not in them to be observed the slightest trace of indecency. i>=£= ^;
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Fi«. i;il.-Pctrot;lyi: Fig. 131 shows a number of the characters drawn on these rocks. They are supposed to represent objects as follows: a, a goose or duck; ft, a beetle; c, a fish, with a quarter moon over, considered to have some reference to fishing liy moonlight: d, a native, armed with spear and wom- mera or throwing stick, probably relating his adventures, which is usually done by song and accompanied with great action and flourishing of weapons, particularly when boasting of his powers; e, a duck and a gull; /, a native in a hut, with portion of the matting with which they cover their habitations; g, shark and pilot tish; /(, a corroboreeo or native dance; i, a native dog; ./, a crab; J-, a kangaroo; 1. appears to be a bird of prey, having seized upon a kangaroo rat.

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  • bookyear:1880
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  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Smithsonian_Institution_Bureau_of_Ethnology
  • booksubject:Ethnology
  • booksubject:Indians
  • bookpublisher:Washington_G_P_O_
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
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  • bookleafnumber:231
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