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DKH01-011_kamao - Kamao ‘Bandicoot’

Description:
The bandicoot (Echymipera rufescens) is one of the few marsupials that is also hunted by women, often hit with a stick when spotted in the bush close to the village. The final design of this string figure resembles the pointed nose of a bandicoot. After this, the figure-maker goes on to make the bandicoot’s stick nest. The animal now needs to be killed, so the string figure-maker cracks his or ...
Display date:
2018
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Paradisec Catalog
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