Mamu
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Episode number 15 of Series “People of the Australian western desert (A)”. A mamu is an evil spirit. Djungurai and Garimara are mapantjara, men who have the power to remove powerful bones and stones from their stomachs and use them for magic and medicine. Shows the men chasing away a papa, or dog spirit, by removing bones (mapampa) from their stomaches and hitting these along and into the ground with their spear-throwers.
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- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record
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