Spencer & Gillen

A journey through Aboriginal Australia

Arrernte man at Quiurnpa (Pine Gap), Northern Territory, Australia, 1896.

Physical Description

Glass plate. Silver gelatin emulsion. Half plate; broken.

Primary Comments

No glass plate sleeve. Original print (handwritten annotation): "The Nanja rock of Kukaitcha, the leader of the Ulpmerka men of the plum tree totem at Quiurnpa."

Rights: Museum Victoria

Photograph Details

Date Made
Circa 1896
Creator
Date Collected
1896

Subjects

Language Groups
Totems
Places

Institution

Institution
Museum Victoria
Registration
XP8783

Classification

Primary Subject
People, Ceremony, Topography
Secondary Subject
Man, Totem , Landscape Feature