Shamanism in Northwest Australia

Editors'note: Andreas Lommel was Director of the Staatliche Museum für Völkerkunde in Munich from 1957 to 1977. He last did fieldwork in Australia in 1955 with his wife, Katharine, (Lommel and Lommel, 1989), and first in 1939 when he came to the Kimberley district of Western Australia as a memb...

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Published in:Oceania 1994-06, Vol.64 (4), p.277-287
Main Authors: Lommel, Andreas, Mowaljarlai, David
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Aboriginal arts
Aboriginal religion
Aborigines
Australia
Balbungu, Allan
Camping
Choirs
Corroborees
Dance
Death
Ethnology
Hunting
Indigenous peoples
Kangaroos
Native peoples
Oceania
Poetry
Poets
Religion, magic, witchcraft
Religions, beliefs, worships
Rites & ceremonies
Shamanism
Shamans
Soul
Spirits
Underworld
Western Australia
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subjects Aboriginal arts
Aboriginal religion
Aborigines
Australia
Balbungu, Allan
Camping
Choirs
Corroborees
Dance
Death
Ethnology
Hunting
Indigenous peoples
Kangaroos
Native peoples
Oceania
Poetry
Poets
Religion, magic, witchcraft
Religions, beliefs, worships
Rites & ceremonies
Shamanism
Shamans
Soul
Spirits
Underworld
Western Australia
title Shamanism in Northwest Australia
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