Stirling and Waite — Description of Toas 139 



188. KUNTJIKUNTJIWALPANI (Diari Tribe). To the place of much 

 Kuntjikuntji bush. The white kiinh represents a plain, traversed by a water- 

 course (red band) which the Aluraniura, I^itikapana, found covered with this 

 grass, a sprig of which is affixed. 



189. YULTJURANI (Diari Tribe). To the slipping sand. The Toa 

 re])resents a wide, tree-covered ])lain on the Cooper. There the !\luramura, 

 Patjalina, once tried to dig a Imle, hut the sand kept slipping back into it. 'ilie 

 white spots indicate the trees. 



l')0. YANDAWIRKANI (Diari Tribe). To the cracked plain of the 

 bull-roarers (yanda, generally called yuntha in the Cooper's Creek district). 

 The upper part of the Toa is a representation C)f a bull-roarer, such as is used 

 in the Wilyaru ceremony, and the white band signifies a plain, the soil of which 

 is much cracked. On this plain the Muramura, Turupilana, made bull-roarers 

 for himself ; hence the name. 



191. IDIBURINANI (Diari Tribe). Meaning, "to lose the tail feathers," 

 or "to lose the beard." According tc] the first meaning this place derives its 

 name from the fact that the Muramura, Wutjukana, when wandering there, 

 in the form of a bird, is said to have lost his tail feathers. The second meaning, 

 in accord with which the Toa has been made, is derived from the legend that 

 the Muramura, Darana, and his people, there tore out their beards.' The white 

 knob, into which some hair has lieen inserted, indicates the plain where this 

 event is supposed to have occurred. 



192. PUNKUTUNI (Wonkanguru Tribe). To Punkutu Hill. Punkutu 

 is a plant from which a kind of flax is obtained, and the hill was so named 

 because the Muramura, Dampawaruna, found these plants growing on it. The 

 white on the Toa represents a limestone hill, and the red crossband of flax 

 fibre-string joining the two arms, denotes a watercourse with banks of this 

 colour. The red part below indicates a watercourse which runs into the other, 

 but divides into two branches before reaching the limestone hill. The white 

 bands on the arms indicate sand of that colour in the creek bed. 



193. MARDALBURUNI (Diari Tribe). To the plain bestrewn with 

 small stones. The plain is represented Ijy the white head of the Toa, the red 

 spots denoting the stones. Named on this account by the female Muramura, 

 Wittimarkani. 



V)4. KANDRITERKANANI (Diari Tribe). To where the kandri stands. 

 The Toa represents a kandri (a curved missile weapon with pointed ends) 

 which the Muramura, Kandriwirina, stuck into the ground when he rested. 



