Spencer & Gillen

A journey through Aboriginal Australia

Arrernte ceremony, Alice Springs, Central Australia.

Physical Description

Glass plate. Silver gelatin emulsion. Half plate.

Primary Comments

Original glass plate sleeve (handwritten annotation): "Honey ant totem. Arunta" Original print (handwritten annotation): "From copy: "Ceremony of the Yarumpa (Honey-Ant-Melophorus Carupontus) Totem. Releasing the younger men from the ban of silence after Engwura."

Rights: Museum Victoria

Photograph Details

Restriction
Ceremonial
Date Made
Between 1894 and 1926
Creator

Subjects

Language Groups
Totems
Places

Institution

Institution
Museum Victoria
Registration
XP8867

Classification

Primary Subject
People, Ceremony
Secondary Subject
Men, Totem