Download or read book A Study of the Languages of Torres Straits with Vocabularies and Grammatical Notes written by Sidney Herbert Ray and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparison to show relations between Papuans and Australians; Miriam, Saibai, Daudai; divisions of Saibai = Kauralaig (Prince of Wales and Moa), Gumulaig (Badu and Mabuiag), Sabailaig (Saibai, Dauan and Boigu) and Kulkalaig (Nagir, Tud, Masig); Mirriam = Murray Island (Mer, Waier and Dauan), Erub and Ugar; comparative vocabulary of English, Miriam and Daudai; sketch of Miriam grammar, lengthy vocabulary, texts with translations.

Download or read book A Study of the Languages of Torres Straits written by Sidney Herbert Ray and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cambridge and the Torres Strait written by Anita Herle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-09-24 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Centenary volume of the Torres Strait Expedition suggesting new ways of looking at its work.

Download or read book The Ethnography of the Western Tribe of Torres Straits written by Alfred Cort Haddon and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part I, p.297-387; Location of Kowraregas, Muralegas, Italegas, Badulegas, Gumulegas, Kulkalegas, Massilegas; arithmetic, counting; diseases and native remedies; plant foods, cooking; cannibalism; narcotics; crime and punishment; trade in canoes; sexual relations; religious beliefs, soul, future life, spirits, ancestral cults, fetishism, superstitions, magic and divination; government, leaders; weapons, bows and arrows, javelin and throwing stick, stone and wooden clubs; laws of real property, inheritance; punishments; etiquette for meeting, hospitality; totemic food taboos, speech restrictions; Trade 1) intra - insular, 2) with Daudai, 3) with Cape York; exchange values; war and fighting (brief versions of myths given); hunting and fishing; agriculture; social relationships, marriage, widows, abortion and infanticide; education, games and amusements, dancing (masks, body decorations); body painting and scarification, hair dressing, ornaments; cranial deformation; painting (pigments, brushes); music and musical instruments, gives 4 line song set to music with separate free translation (Thursday Island), words of 4 songs (two from Mabuiag with free translation, two from Muralug in English only); navigation, canoes; fire, string making; p.388-437; Part II, deals with each island separately - Saibai, Dauan, Boigu, Mabuiag, Badu, Tud, Yam, Nagir, Waraber, Masig, Damut, Moa, Muralug; plates show cicatrice patterns, headdress, bow and arrows; map shows native names, English names given in separate list.

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Download or read book Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy written by Royal Irish Academy and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 1010 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes also Minutes of [the] Proceedings, and Report of [the] President and Council for the year (beginning 1965/66 called Annual report)

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Download or read book Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society written by Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the Society's proceedings and list of members.

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Download or read book Proceedings written by Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manuscript notes and newspaper clippings inserted.