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down feathers. The 'I'na represents a ])art nt tlie Kirrawnrdnni Creek, and tlie 

 oval knoll is meant to show that it hroadens ont at this place. The yellow and 

 black dots re])rcsent stones of these colours, which lie in the creek. 



29. PITILINANI (Wonkanguru Tribe). To the i)lace where seed is 

 nround. The ]\luranuira, Karkalina, once rested here on his wanderings, and 

 with two stones groinid the seed he had collected into meal. The red lower 

 end I if the Toa indicates the colour of the soil df the ])laiu, and the red and 

 vellow lisures aho\-e this are hollows where the water remains for a lonc;- 

 tiuu'. The white dots are Ma,sj'amasja trees which grow there. 



■lO. WAKATANI (Diari Tribe). To the Wakata ornament, a repre- 

 sentation of which appears at the head of the Toa. The white band signifies 

 a water-hole where once the Aluramura, W'ariliwulani, came out of the e;irth 

 wearing this decoration, h'irst aiijieared the ornament, then her head (red) 

 with the forehead band (black) which held the former in ])lacc. 



M. MARAWUTJUWORINANI (Diari Tribe). To the pointin.c; 

 finger. The white swullen part of the Toa represents a ])lain crossed by two 

 watercourses (red liands ), and the l)lack projection from the head stands for 

 a jiointing finger. hTom this ])laiu arose the ^.luramura, W'ariliwulana, who 

 poked his finger out of the earth, his body soon following. 



,i2. JAKARANI (Diari Tribe). To the sjiring. The head of the Toa 

 represents a stee]) hill on Cooper's Creek, wdiich is overgrown with different 

 kinds of bushes depicted as red and yellow spots. l-Toni this hill, in wet 

 seasons, water trickles, which was regarded as a spring by the Aluramura, 

 Patjalina, wdio named the place. This water flows into Coojier's Creek 

 (coloured l)lack), which is bordered l)y gum trees (white dots). 



33. NGAMANIKALJAKUPANI (Ngamani Tribe). So called because 

 the Muranun-a, Xgamanikaljaknpana. is said to have, here, come out of the 

 earth. The Toa re|)resents a hill which has a to]) of wdiite earth, from which 

 the Min-amura came forth. The white dots are stones. 



,i4. WOMADUNDRUNI (Diari Tribe). To the eggs in the body of 

 the wonia -nake. (-b The wliite knoli signifies a chalky hill on which the 

 female Muramur.a, Xgattanimarumaru, once killed a snake, in the body ot 

 w hich were eggs. 



,i.T. DOTINANI (Diari Tribe), To the notches. The wdiitc swollen 

 part of the 'l^ia represents a plain where once the Muriimura, T^intanganina, 

 had a well dug out. h'or climbing in and out he fixed two stakes and made 



(4) Waite, Trans. R.S. S. Aiist. xli, 1917, p. 436. 



