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[Letter from Dobson from Forrest River Mission, Wyndham, Western Australia, to Glauert]

Record no:

1509

Author:

Dobson, John Albert Paxton, 1881-1950 ; Glauert, Ludwig, 1879-1963

Year:

22 September 1915

Description:

1 p.

Subject:

Australian Aborigines - Ethnography;
Australian Aborigines - Social life and customs;
Australian Aborigines - Songs and music;
Australian Aborigines - Women;

Notes:

Letter describes a corroboree, the dance formations involved together with the accompanying music for each of the formations.
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See: File A13-73-1 Anthropology - Aboriginal cultural materials

Type:

[Letter from Dobson from Forrest River Mission, Wyndham, Western Australia, to Glauert]

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[A list numbered 1-37 referring to various Aboriginal tribes and material culture]

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