Spencer & Gillen

A journey through Aboriginal Australia

Decorations used during an Arrernte ceremony, Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory, Australia, 1895.

Physical Description

Glass plate. Silver gelatin emulsion. Half plate.

Primary Comments

Original glass plate sleeve (handwritten annotation): "Water ceremony. C.W." Original print (handwritten annotation): "Enlarged & cropped, hand coloured. From copy: Decorations used during a rain dance or corroboree, Arunta Tribe. Charlotte Waters 1895."

Rights: Museum Victoria

Photograph Details

Date Made
Circa 1895
Creator

Subjects

Language Groups
Totems
Places

Institution

Institution
Museum Victoria
Registration
XP8884

Classification

Primary Subject
People, Ceremony
Secondary Subject
Men, Corroboree