LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FIG.	DESCRIPTION	PAGE
23.	Churinga Sacred objects made of stone or wood, often engraved with patterns representing ancestral stories which have just been returned after being borrowed. During the performance of ceremonies, they are placed on a small platform built in a tree.	163
24.	Sacred drawings of the Witchetty Grub totem on the rocks at Emily Gap.	171
25.	The Great Ilthura Sacred sites or holes associated with the ancestral beings of a specific totem where the Intichiuma ceremony A ritual intended to increase the supply of a specific totem animal or plant was performed at Emily Gap.	173
26.	Rubbing the stomach with the Churinga Uchaqua during the Intichiuma ceremony of the Witchetty Grub totem. The men are sitting in one of the Ilthura.	174
27.	Rubbing the stomach with the Churinga Unchima during the Intichiuma ceremony of the Witchetty Grub totem. The men are sitting in one of the Ilthura.	175
28.	The Alatunja The hereditary headman or leader of a local group returning to camp after the Intichiuma ceremony of the Witchetty Grub totem at Emily Gap.	177
29.	A group of men of the Emu totem sitting around the Ilpintira A sacred design or map drawn on the ground during a ceremony, which is drawn on the ground.	181
30.	Preparing decorations for the performance of the Intichiuma ceremony of the Emu totem.	182
31.	Performance of the Intichiuma ceremony of the Unjiamba The Corkwood Hakea flower totem. Pouring blood onto the stone.	184
32.	Intichiuma ceremony of the Water totem.	190
33.	Undiara, the site where the Intichiuma ceremony of the Kangaroo totem is performed.	195
34.	The first ceremony of initiation: painting the boys and throwing them up in the air.	216
35.	The first ceremony of initiation: painting the boys and throwing them up in the air.	217
36.	Diagram of the Apulla The ceremonial ground prepared for initiation rites, specifically circumcision ground.	219
37.	Ceremony of the Kangaroo totem: men lying down on top of the Wurtja The initiate or novice undergoing the ceremony.	224
38.	Ceremony of the Kangaroo totem: the two men standing up wear small Waningas Sacred ceremonial objects made of sticks and string; the man lying down is meant to represent a dog.	225
39.	The Wurtja embracing the Waninga, which has been used during a ceremony of the Rat totem.	233
40.	The Wurtja crouching behind his brake A temporary screen or windbreak made of brushwood and branches; a design of the Snake totem is on his back. The Apulla lines are visible with the group of men in front of their brake; the man who will perform the circumcision is on the left and his assistant is on the right side.	235