114 l^ECORDS OF THE S.A. MUSEUM 



The plant is represented by the tuft nf verjetal)le fibre string at the top. and 

 the white jiatch l)eliiw it is the chall<_\- plain im which the plant grows. The 

 rest (if the T(ia is the plain, the black stripes and patches representing small 

 creeks. The central, (i\al figure is a permanent water-hole. 'i"he red, lower 

 jiart of the 'l"(ia signifies the enlour nf the earth uf the plain, and the white dots 

 trees. The white stripes l)ordering the l)lack patches have reference to the 

 chalky earth. 



5. KARARTTJINI (Tirari Tribe). To the place where tlie >Iuramura 

 spun string out of the fur (if the tails (if the "White Kapita," probably the 

 Rabliil-lSandicoot ( 'I'ltyhudiiiys lai/otis). This string is called Kararitji. 

 In tlie course (if his wanderings the Muramura, Patjalina, came here with his 

 disci]ile and, finding water, cam])ed. Noticing many Kapita h(.iles in the 

 grdund he resol\-ed td kill the animals: their flesh was eaten, the fur rubbed 

 off with rough sttines, and the tail-tips made into a decoration. Eagles' 

 feathers are attached to the head of the Tiia Ijeeause, according tu the legend, 

 the Muramura saw luigles at this place. 



The body of the T(ia represents the plain, also called Kararitji, the yellow 

 indicating the colour of the earth; the Ijlack liands and patches are water- 

 courses and clay]ians where water stands for some time after rain. 



0. PARAITJIMANDRANI (Diari Tribe). In the midst— literally in 

 the belly (mandra) — of the light or lightning (paraitji ). The topmost black 

 spot signifies the place where the female Muramura, Paraitjimandrani (3), once 

 came out of the earth with her t\\(.i daughters and camped. One day the 

 daughters went, after hea\ y rain, to bathe in a rock-hole, and thenceforwards 

 took the form of two croC(.idiles. They left their mother, \\h(j followed them, 

 but always a day behind. I'.very evening the pursuing and sorrowful mother 

 made a fire and wejit for her daughters, who, from afar, saw her in the fire- 

 1ig!it warming herself; hence the name of the jilace. For li\e days the mother 

 followed her daughters, l)ut as she could not ox'ertake them she left them 

 to their fate. 



The five cam])s are indicated by the five black spots below the top one; 

 the red-coloured lower end represents the colour of the soil, and the wdiite 

 dots are the stones on the plain where the ?\lurainura and her daughters 

 cam])ed. 



7. MARUPILAKANI (Diari Tribe). To where the lilack stones lie 

 (111 the phiin. 'Jhe I'oa re|iresents a plain in the middle of which is a great 

 hollow (bkick strijie ). in this hollow tile female Aluranuira. W'ariliwulani, 



(3) The endirijj ni in this name does not denote a preposition, but is tlie sifjn of the feminine 

 gender, «rt being the mascuHne form. 



