Briefstokje (cugina) in de vorm van een elliptisch stuk bruin hout, beide zijden convex, maar de een meer dan de ander, die met snijwerk in de vorm van concentrische ruiten verenigde groeven is versierd.<BR> <BR> Gugina, invitationstick; like No. 1321-33, but of dark brown wood, and slightly bent; both sides convex, the one morte than the other, the latter grooved all over; pattern of the ornament: concentric angles and rhomboids. Gnamo-tribe, Nullagine-district.<BR> <BR> All the tribes of N. W. Australia practise cirumcision.<BR> When the boys are about 14 years old, an Invitation-stick (gilliana or cugina, [see No's: 1321-33 and 1321-35] is carried round from family to family, scattered over the territory of the tribe at the various waterholes and hunting grounds, and a meeting-place is appointed upon a certain new-moon, to which men, women and children repair.<BR> <BR> In a month's time, (the next new-moon) the whole tribe has assembled, and on a given signal by one of the elders, the candidates for circumcision are suddenly pounced