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Mourning. (Plato XI., Fif?. 7). 
A.S a sign of mourning the face and, frequently, the chest are painted with 
white pigment. The hair and, amongst the men, the beard also are matted into 
coils with a similar material. This has an interesting parallel in the heavy white 
clay caps worn by widows of some of the Murray River tribes, a number of which 
are deposited on the surface of the grave beneath the tent-like bough shelters 
which are erected over them. 
As with all Australians tribes, with which I am acquainted, there is the 
greatest reluctance to mention the name of the dead or to speak of them in any 
way, various circumlocutions being adopted to avoid doing so. 
For further particulars concerning mourning customs amongst the Aruntas I 
must refer to Mr. Gillen’s paper. 
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