LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FIG.	DESCRIPTION	PAGE
41.	Women stripping the poles just before the Circumcision Ceremony original: Lartna in the Northern Arunta Tribe.	245
42.	The operator and his assistant standing in position during the performance of the Circumcision Ceremony original: Lartna. The operator holds the small stone knife in his right hand.	247
43.	Immediately before the Subincision Ceremony original: Ariltha; the two post-circumcision initiates original: Arakurta embracing the sacred ceremonial pole original: Nurtunja, which has been used during a ceremony of the Bandicoot Totem.	254
44.	Immediately after the Subincision Ceremony original: Ariltha; the two newly initiated men original: Ertwakurka sitting on the shields.	255
45.	Old men in charge of the store of sacred objects original: Churinga belonging to the Purula and Kumara Two of the social kinship groups of the Arunta during the final initiation ceremony original: Engwura. The sacred objects are stored on a platform called a Thanunda.	273
46.	Plan of the ceremony grounds for the final initiation original: Engwura.	276
47.	Spirit being original: Iruntarinia ceremony of the Unjiamba Corkwood Hakea Totem: the long cord represents the path of the Wild Cat men as they traveled during the Dreamtime original: Alcheringa.	287
48.	Ceremony of the Wild Cat Totem, showing the laying on of hands to cause the performers to stop.	289
49.	A group of men examining the sacred objects original: Churinga.	291
50.	Ceremony of the uncircumcised ancestral beings original: Ulpmerka of Quiurnpa.	292
51.	Ceremony of the Plum Tree Totem: the performer is supposed to be eating plums.	293
52.	Spirit being original: Iruntarinia ceremony of the Eagle-Hawk Totem.	295
53.	Ceremony of the Unjiamba Corkwood Hakea Totem of Ooraminna.	297
54.	Ceremony of the Wild Cat Totem of Arapera, illustrating one form of the sacred ceremonial pole original: Nurtunja.	299
55.	Ceremony of the uncircumcised ancestral beings original: Ulpmerka of the Plum Tree Totem of Quiurnpa, illustrating one form of the sacred ceremonial pole original: Nurtunja.	301
56.	Ceremony of the large Lizard Totem: the two undecorated men represent Thippa-thippa men who changed into birds.	305
57.	Ceremony of the Water Totem, showing how the sacred string-cross original: Waninga is carried.	307
58.	Ceremony of the uncircumcised ancestral beings original: Ulpmerka of the Grass Seed Totem, illustrating one form of the sacred ceremonial pole original: Nurtunja.	311
59.	Ceremony of the uncircumcised ancestral beings original: Ulpmerka of the Plum Tree Totem of Quiurnpa. The man sitting down wears a special form of sacred pole original: Nurtunja on his head.	314
60.	Ceremony of the Fish Totem of Uratinga on the Finke River.	317