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219. MAMBUDIRKANI (Diari Tribe). To the wrongly moved arm. 

 The Tea represents a plain on Cooper's Creek, with cracks in the ground (red 

 stripes) and overgrown with bushes (yellow spots). Here the female Mura- 

 mura, Wittimarkani, collected seed. Wishing to return to camp after filling 

 her bowl, she put her arm round it in order to carry it on the hip in the 

 usual woman's way, l)ut making a wrong movement of the arm she let the 

 bowl drop. 



220. KIRRAKIRRANI (Diari Tribe). To the waterhole shaped like a 

 boomerang (kirra). The Muramura. Yelkabalubaluna, once, when examining 

 a waterhole in Cooper's Creek saw a boomerang lying before him, and for this 

 reason, and on account of the shape of the waterhole, he so named the place. 

 The central white portion represents the waterhole, the yellow parts signify 

 sandy banks, and the white band near the top the camping place. Fish bones 

 are attached because the waterhole contained fish. 



221. PUNKUTUNI (Diari Tribe). To the flax ( Punkutu ) plain. The 

 white head rcprcser.ts a plain with watercourses (red) on which the Mura- 

 mura, Patjalina, once found man}- flax (Punku) bushes). At the top is a piece 

 of the flax pre])ared fur sinnning. 



222. PITJIRIWOMAWORANTJINI (Diari Tribe). Meaning "to sweep 

 away the litter." The shape of the Toa is supposed to represent that of a flat 

 where the Muramura, Timpiwalakana, once wished to dig a well, but before he 

 could begin he had to sweep away a litter of leaves. 



223. MITAKANTINI (Wonkanguru Tribe). Meaning, "real soil." The 

 Toa represents a hill composed of white and red earth. The two Muramuras, 

 Teriwulana, seeing this hill from afar, thought it was a hill of stones, but when 

 thev came near they found it composed of earth, and so they said "mita kanti," 

 this is real soil. 



224. MURAMURAMOKUNI (Diari Tribe). To the Ijones of the Mura- 

 mura. The white knob signifies a lake into which flows the Manju Creek. 

 Here the Muramura, Darana, once camped with his attendants, many of whom 

 are said to have died, and, being unlniried, many of their bones remain to this 

 day. Thus pieces of bones arc affixed to the Toa. 



223. BILLIYERKINANI (Diari Tribe). To the burnt billi (net bag). 

 The white head represents a plain on which the female Muramura, Witti- 

 markani, once camped. She put her billi so close to the fire that it burnt ; thus 

 a piece of a net liag is affixed to the Toa. 



226. PARLIPARLINGUMARDANI (Diari Tribe). To the high place 

 where one gets cool. The white ])art of the head of the Toa represents a 



