Spencer & Gillen

A journey through Aboriginal Australia

Arrernte ceremony, Alice Springs, Central Australia, 1896.

Physical Description

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

Primary Comments

No glass plate sleeve. Original print (handwritten annotation): "From copy: "Ceremony of Anthinna (Opossum Trichosurus Vulpecula) Totem."

Rights: Museum Victoria

Photograph Details

Restriction
Ceremonial
Date Made
Circa Nov 1896
Creator

Subjects

Language Groups
Totems
Places

Institution

Institution
Museum Victoria
Registration
XP8863

Classification

Primary Subject
People, Ceremony
Secondary Subject
Men, Totem