Bina Bane
Rote · numen · Rote traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Bina Bane, a bailer shell, is the paired complement of the spiral shell Suti Solo in the celebrated Rotinese origin chant of the two shells. Dislodged together from the sea and carried to land, the pair voice a lament for their lost origin that lends the chant to mortuary use. The two names, always spoken in parallel, name one dyadic subject while picturing two matched shells.
Domains
- sea origins
- mortuary mourning
Powers
- figures the soul's parting from the living
Epithets
- Suti Solo do Bina Bane — Suti Solo and Bina Bane, the paired shellsFox, J.J. 2016. Master Poets, Ritual Masters. ANU Press. (secondary)
Relations
- twin: Suti SoloBina Bane and Suti Solo are the matched pair of shells named together in the origin chant.Fox, J.J. 2016. Master Poets, Ritual Masters. ANU Press. (secondary)
Sources
- Bina Bane is the twin shell-persona of Suti Solo in the Rotinese origin chant of the two shells cast up from the sea.: Fox, J.J. 2014. Explorations in Semantic Parallelism. Canberra: ANU E Press. (secondary); Fox, J.J. 2016. Master Poets, Ritual Masters. ANU Press. (secondary)