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Based on fieldwork (1956-58) among Walbiri at Yuendumu; general ethnographic background; totemic designs and sand stories; womens myth and rituals (particularly associated with Yawalyu; male designs, myths and rituals (particularly associated with Bamba ceremonies); body painting and ceremonial paraphenalia; brief comments on the Walmalla and also Pitjantjara visited at Areyonga.