Maban

For the ethnic group, see Maban people. For the languages, see Maban languages.

Maban, mabain or mabanba is a material that is held to be magical in Australian Aboriginal mythology. It is the material from which the shamans and elders of indigenous Australia supposedly derive their magical powers.^[1]

Among the Ngaanyatjarra people, practitioners are known as maparn or maparnjarra.