Descriptive Notes by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Affairs on Films of Weipa Area Indigenous Dances

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The item relates to the dance cultures of the Wik Mungkan, Wik Paach, Wik Adinda peoples of Weipa and of the surrounding areas. 52 dances are described; however, several have been replicated.

Each dance may be described under the following headings: Name of story; Native name; Initiation series; Clan, Tribe and locality; Chief informant; Totems; Principal Dancers; Native name.

Language groups: Wik Mungkan, Wik Paach, Wik Adinda peoples of Weipa and of the surrounding areas.

2 bundles of loose sheets of paper. The entries are typescript. 

Places: Weipa, Gulf of Carpentaria and surrounding regions.