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During the early part of the following day, the men take 

 the novice again to the bough yard, where the women meet 

 them. There are present the graduate's mother and father, 

 some of his sisters, brothers, maternal uncles and aunts. 

 His bundunggan or promised wife, accompanied by similar 

 relatives, is also there. Some leaves have been strewn 

 thickly over the surface of the ground in front of the bud- 

 dunggan, on which are laid the following articles of a man's 

 dress, which she has brought there for presentation to the 

 graduate : 



1. A wullunggaiir, or wide brow-band, painted red. 2. 

 A gambun, or narrow brow-band, painted white. 3. A 

 ivilla-ivilla, consisting of a few of the top-knot feathers of 

 the white cockatoo. The feathers are fastened with string 

 or gum on a small piece of stick, and are intended for 

 inserting under the brow-band as an ornament. 4. A 

 dhullabulga, made of the skin of the kangaroo-rat, cut into 

 narrow strands about a foot long. These strands are bound 

 together at one end, and are worn attached to the front 

 part of the waist-girdle, so as to hang down over the pubes. 

 5. A kurbubundhan, or girdle for the waist, made of woven 

 opossum fur. 6. A pair of buggurbundhan, or strings to be 

 tied around each of the upper arms, woven from opossum 

 fur. 7. A gudyugang or necklace, made of pieces of reed 

 cut into short lengths of say, half an inch, and an opossum 

 fur string passed through the hollow of each one. 8. A 

 baigur, another neck ornament, made of pieces of skin cut 

 from around the genital appendages of a male kangaroo, 

 and fastened on a string of opossum fur. 



The buddunggan walks up to the graduate and passes the 

 gudyugang necklace over his head. Next she decorates 

 him with the baigur in the same way. These are the only 

 articles with which she invests him — the remainder of the 

 turnout being put on the youth by his guardian. In return 



