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of "wongara" consists of a necklet of kangaroo fur string with 

 a pendant made of part of a dog's tail (fig. 14). 



Frequently the pendant consists of two pieces of shell 

 attached to the end of the necklet (figs. 15 and 16), these two 

 pieces rattling as the wearer walks. These oval shell pendants, 

 known also as chogula, are usually ornamented by several 

 parallel transverse scratches on the bright surface of the shell. 



Two similarly-shaped chogula are worn on the forehead, 

 being inserted beneath a forehead band of string (fig. 17). 



The nasal septum is frequently, but not always, pierced, 

 and in the hole a short piece of reed, or the furry stalk of a 

 Banksia inflorescence, may be worn in the nose. 



Hairdressing. 



The hair of the women is cut short. The man parts the 

 locks at the back of his head, places a pad of grass against 

 his head, then draws the hair at full length over the 

 pad, and binds it into position with string, thus form- 

 ing an upwardly-slanting cone of hair, entirely covering 

 the central pad. Into the apex of the cone a plume of emu 

 feathers, or of split white cockatoo's feathers, is inserted 

 (fig. 18). 



The tips of the moustache are frequently decorated with 

 tufts of white feathers or of the yellow crest feathers of the 

 sulphur-crested cockatoo, fastened to the ends of the 

 moustache with the wax of native bees (fig. 18). 



The beard is occasionally decorated by the addition of 

 two tufts of emu feathers, the beard being artificially parted, 

 or naturally growing, in two divisions (fig. 18). 



Teeth. 



The Wororra on the whole have not good teeth, which 

 is perhaps due to the fact that they are principally vegetarian. 

 The custom of knocking out certain teeth is not practised 

 in this tribe. 



Circumcision. 



This operation is performed upon the boys at the age of 

 puberty. Subincision is not practised, nor is there any 

 corresponding mutilation of the girls. 



Body Scars. 

 A very elaborate system of scarring the body occurs (see 

 pi. iv., fig. a; pis. vi. and vii.). 



Children of One Mother bear One Name. 

 In many cases that came under my notice all the children 

 of one mother bore the same name. I am unable to say whether 



