Spencer & Gillen

A journey through Aboriginal Australia

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Physical Description

27.09.1897. From B. S. (Melbourne) to J. G. F. B. S. writes to give further information on totem questions, which Gillen has sent him. Can a man change his totem? Eating the totem. The UDNURRINGITA grub totem. The IRRIAKURA bulb totem. Association with totems other than one’s own. A mourning ceremony in the Arunta tribe. Criticism of Mr. Lang’s theories.

Primary Comments

Correspondence with Sir James Frazer

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Rights: Pitt Rivers Museum

Document Details

Document Details

Letter From
Sir, Spencer, Walter Baldwin
Letter To
Sir, Frazer, James George

Subjects

Totems

Institution

Institution
Pitt Rivers Museum
Registration
PRM5_03