Women of All Nations

Women of All Nations
Author: Thomas Athol Joyce
Publisher:
Total Pages: 442
Release: 1911
Genre: History
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Vol.1, p.130-150; Australia by N.W. Thomas; physical appearance, clothing & dress (opossum or kangaroo skin cloak in southern Australia), Narran River & Culgoa River creation myths, Tully River conception beliefs, Cape Bedford & Pennefather River conception beliefs, birth customs (Narran River), Central Australian speech taboo after birth, infanticide, child rearing, wooden dish as carrying basket, mutilation off girls (little finger joints, tooth avulsion, nose piercing), food quest, recreations (split cane dolls, string games), infant betrothal (swansdown decoration), pre-marriage cicatrization body decoration, marriage by elopement, age at marriage, polygamy, clubbing or spearing punishment for infidelity, wife lending, Dieri pirrauru system, marriage rules, section & subsection systems, avoidance relationships, division of labour, list of material possessions reported by Grey in Western Australia, hut construction, preparation of grass seed, food restrictions (Wakelbura, Murray River), fishing (mussels, crayfish - Lake Alexandrina), use of nets & canoes (Port Jackson), mourning customs - Central Australia (ritual head cutting, silence) - eastern Australia (grave hut, kopi cap), carrying of dried corpse, Western Australian mourning customs, avenging party (Adelaide River), womens fights, womens ceremonial role (possum skin musical accompaniment, dance movements), female sorcerer (ritual stick killing, love magic), burial customs for old women (cremation of Bennilongs wife, Port Jackson, 1796; Narran River burial), rain making, after death beliefs; plates include natives from Cape Direction, Workii tribe, Moruya tribe, Larrakia, Woolna; p.151-153; Origin of Torres Straits natives, cicatrization (clan emblems), clothing (sago plant fibre), puberty ceremonies on Mabuiag (seclusion, shell ear pendants, ritual bathing), Torres Straits courtship customs, Saibai pregnancy ceremony.

Women of All Nations

Women of All Nations
Author: Thomas Athol Joyce
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Total Pages: 188
Release: 1915
Genre: Women
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Women of All Nations

Women of All Nations
Author: Thomas Athol Joyce
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Total Pages: 204
Release: 1915
Genre: Women
ISBN:

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Women of All Nations

Women of All Nations
Author: Thomas Athol Joyce
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2018-02-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780267960996

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Excerpt from Women of All Nations: A Record of Their Characteristics, Habits, Manners, Customs and Influence Women from the Rio Caiary, Uaupes. South America: Showing face and body painting, the most primitive form of ornamentation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Women of All Nations

Women of All Nations
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Total Pages: 32
Release: 1912
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Women of All Nations, a Record of Their Characteristics, Habits, Manners, Customs and Influence;

Women of All Nations, a Record of Their Characteristics, Habits, Manners, Customs and Influence;
Author: Thomas Athol Joyce
Publisher: Palala Press
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2015-09-05
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ISBN: 9781341697357

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Women of All Nations

Women of All Nations
Author: Northcote Whitridge Thomas
Publisher: Palala Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2015-09-03
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ISBN: 9781341354083

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Women of All Nations

Women of All Nations
Author: T. Athol Joyce
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2020-01-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789353958374

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WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS A RECORD

WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS A RECORD
Author: Thomas Athol 1878-1942 Joyce
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2016-08-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781372552342

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