Spencer & Gillen

A journey through Aboriginal Australia

Arrernte ceremony, Alice Springs, Central Australia, 1896.

Physical Description

Glass plate. Silver gelatin emulsion. Half plate.

Primary Comments

Original glass plate sleeve (handwritten annotation): "Ulpmerka of Plum tree totem Arunta." Original print (handwritten annotation): "Ceremony of the Ulpmerka of the plum tree totem of Quiurnpa".

Rights: Museum Victoria

Photograph Details

Restriction
Ceremonial
Date Made
Between /11/1896 and /12/1896
Creator

Subjects

Language Groups
Totems
Places

Institution

Institution
Museum Victoria
Registration
XP8784

Classification

Primary Subject
People, Ceremony
Secondary Subject
Men, Totem