Nharangga Word
mandigu
English Word
1.net made of strips of possum skin for carrying a baby; 2.net bag made of bundu fibre, knotted like fish nets, and carried over the shoulder by a string; 3.swag, parcel wrapped with string
Definition/Cultural Note
- Louisa Egginton tells how the bundu flags were placed in a long hole, and covered with ashes for about a day.- after this preliminary wilting they were chewed and the fibre made into string by working on the thighs. Women chewed the fibre.- the net bag was knotted like the fish nets. (Egginton/Tindale)- the word seems to mean string-having, referring to the string the bag is made of.- mandi string is not directly recorded for Nharangga, but is supported by related language records.- related languages include Kaurna, Nukunu and Ngadjuri.