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HORN EXPEDITION—ANTHROPOLOGY. 
PLATE VTIT. 
Ceremonial and Corrodboree Head Dresses, Arunta Tribe. 
In all the figures of this plate tlie helmet is constructed after the manner 
described in the section relating to this subject. 
Fig. 1. Performer in the Rain Dance, Charlotte Waters. The long, erect and 
ornamented structure is of wood and belongs to the class of objects 
described as churina. The pattern on it is, like those on the face, 
helmet and body, made with Portulaca down (red and white) caused 
to adhere with blood. The plume at the .summit is of emu feathers. 
The figure shows also a nose-bone in situ and the end of the beai-d 
tied up in a bunch and also a part of the body pattern. 
Fig. 2. Itaa-perukna Corrobboree, Alice Springs. The small plumes which 
surmount the helmet are of emu feathers. This and the followinsr 
figure show a very common device, in which a band of colour or 
ornamental material crosses the bridge of the nose and cheeks. 
Fig. 3. Ill-a-yon-pa Corrobboree, Alice Springs. 
Fig. 4. Alp-ma-rokita Corrobboree, Alice Springs. The semicircular appendage 
to the helmet is made of a bundle of grass stems, closely bound 
round with whitened native string. A similarly-shaped appendage 
is sometimes made of two pieces of bent .stick bent into the form of 
a quadrant; these are so inserted into the helmet frame as to form 
together a semicircle. Such a semicircle is often ornamented with 
alternate stripes of red and white Portulaca down. Two such 
semicircles may be made to ci’oss one another at right angles. In 
the figure the pendants to the crescent are Peragale tail-tips, and 
emu plumes are worn in the armlets. 
Fig. 5. Itaa-perukna Corrobboree, Alice Springs. The plumes are of the under 
feathers of the emu. 
In Figs. 2, 3 and 5 body-scars are visible. 
