NORTH QUKKNSLANI) KTHNO(;ii.\FII Y — UOIII. 21 



Sect. 42. Decorative Scars ... ... ... ... ... 44 



43. ,, Method of operation... ... ... 45 



44. ,, Pennefatlier liiver ... ... ... 46 



45. ,, Middle Paliner River ... ... 46 



46. ,. Princess Charlotte Bay ... ... 47 



47. ,, North West Districts ... ... 47 



48. ,, Cape Bedford and Bloomfield River ... 47 



49. ,, Tully River... ... ... ... 47 



50. ,, Rockhampton Area .. ... ... 49 



51. ,, Brisbane ,, ... ... ... 49 



52. Feathering of body . ... ... ... ... 49 



53. Painting of body ... ... ... .. ... 50 



54. Cloaks and Rugs ... ... ... .. ... 51 



55. Plaited-blankets ... ... ... ... ... 51 



56. Bark-blankets ... ... ... ... 52 



1. Owing to the immense number of variations met with in 

 the way of fashion, I have foimd it impossible to carry out my 

 original intention of describing seriatim all local costumes, but 

 j)roiiO!5e, as far as possible, detailing the various ornaments and 

 means of cover, constituting clothing, according to the portion 

 of body decorated or covered. Even by this arrangement, diffi- 

 culties are to be seen iu that : — A necklet may be worn as a 

 waist-belt ; an article donned by a male may be forbidden to a 

 member of the opposite sex, and vice versa ; an ornament worn 

 throughout one district with a special significatioh attached to it 

 may have no meaning wliatsoever in another ; certain ornaments 

 according to their materials of construction are found only in 

 certain areas; a decoration donned on different parts of the body 

 will couvey different meanings, an article of dress essential in 

 early life may be discarded wich adolescence; and often nothing 

 at all may be worn in contradistinction to a complete costume 

 indicative of rank, virginity, grief, fight, etc. It has been found 

 convenient to distinguish certain waist-decorations or covers as 

 skeins, belts, or bands, circlets, and apron-belts according to the 

 method of fixation iu the first three cases, and the presence of a 

 specially woven tassel-fringe in the last. Certain special decor- 

 ations met with in the North-West District corrobborees, and 

 initiation ceremonies^, which there is every reason to believe are 

 of foreign origin introduced during the course of trade and 

 barter, have been omitted here. 



As a matter of convenience, I al.so propose dealing in this 

 Bulletin with certain deformations, e.g., tooth-avulsion, nose- 

 boring, digital amputation, and the so-called decorative body- 

 scars, the true origin of which is somewhat doubtful. 



1 Already described in Roth — Ethnol. Studies, etc., 1897, chapters viii., 

 xiii. 



