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Thomson, Donald Fergusson
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The dugong hunters of Cape York.
Jour. Roy. Anthrop. Inst. Great Britain & Ireland 64: 237-263. 9 figs. Pls. 29-31. July-Dec. 1934.
–Detailed description of dugong hunting by the Aboriginal tribes of the eastern Cape York Peninsula, Australia, including their canoes, harpoons and lines, harpooning and butchering techniques, magic, and ritual; a myth of the making of the first dugong harpoon rope; and specialized vocabulary for dugongs and dugong hunting.
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Related Index Records (8)
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Australia
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1934 |
Thomson, D.F. (DD; Cape York Peninsula; Aboriginal hunting lore; 237-263, pls. 29-31.) |
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Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Migration and Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Temperature, Effects of)
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1934 |
Thomson, D.F. (DD; Australia; coming inshore to escape sharks; 242.) |
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Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
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Thomson, D.F. (DD; Australia; trade in hunting charms, 240; meat, oil, 241-242, 250; butchering, 247-250, pls. 30-31.) |
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Halicore dugong (Gmelin, 1788) Illiger, 1811
(= Dugong dugon)
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Thomson, D.F. (Cape York, Australia; hunting lore; 237-263, pls. 29-31.) |
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Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
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Thomson, D.F. (DD; Cape York, Australia; Aboriginal hunting lore; 237-263, pls. 29-30.) |
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Natural Enemies
(SEE ALSO: Natural Death or Injury)
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Thomson, D.F. (DD; Australia; sharks; 242.) |
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Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
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Thomson, D.F. (DD; Cape York, Australia; hunting magic & ritual; 240-241, 250-255.) |
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Vernacular Names
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Thomson, D.F. (DD; Koko Ya'o Aborigines, Australia; wote'i; 261.) |
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