LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FIG.	DESCRIPTION	PAGE
112.	Construction of the tassel or fringe of the Nulliga original: Nulliga; a pubic tassel or ornament worn by men, often made of fur or vegetable fibers	580
113.	Attachment of the tassel to the Nulliga	580
114.	Fire-making by means of rubbing the edge of a spear-thrower on a shield	584
115.	Shields	585
116.	Shields	585
117.	Stone axes and knives	589
118.	Boomerangs	597
118A.	Ornamentation of large boomerangs	598
118B.	Fighting clubs	603
119.	Various implements	605
120.	Pitis original: Pitchis; wooden bowls or carrying vessels used for holding water or food, now commonly spelled pitis or coolamons	609
121.	Pitis	609
122.	Structure of the string bag	612
123.	Arunta original: Arunta; the tribe now known as the Arrernte native using a spindle for making fur-string	613
124.	Native rock paintings	To face page 615
125.	Arunta natives, Corroboree original: Corrobboree; a traditional Aboriginal ceremony involving dance, music, and storytelling decorations	619
126.	Arunta natives, Corroboree decorations	619
127.	Arunta natives, decorated for the Erkita Corroboree	620
128.	Decorations used during a rain dance or Corroboree, Arunta tribe	621
129.	Old man instructing boys how to perform a Corroboree	622
130.	Preparing for the Erkita Corroboree, Arunta tribe	623
131.	Churinga Ilkinia original: Churinga Ilkinia; sacred totemic designs or paintings or sacred rock drawing of a group of the Honey Ant Totem in the Warumungu original: Warramunga tribe	To face page 631
132.	Churinga Ilkinia of the Udnirringita original: Udnirringita; the Witchetty Grub totem totem drawn on the rocks at the Emily Gorge	To face page 632
133.	Churinga Ilkinia of the Ulpmerka original: Ulpmerka; individuals who were not circumcised during the ancestral Alchera times of the Plum Tree Totem, drawn on the rocks at Quiurnpa	To face page 632

MAPS

1. Outline map of the central area of Australia showing the tracks followed by the four groups of Achilpa original: Achilpa; ancestral beings associated with the Wild Cat totem and the spots at which they camped . . . . . . . . . . . . . To face page 387
2. Outline map of the central area of Australia in the region of the MacDonnell Range, showing the tracks followed by the various groups of Udnirringita and of Emu men, together with the spots at which they camped, and other localities concerned with traditions . . . . . . . . . To face page 423