Spencer & Gillen

A journey through Aboriginal Australia

Arrernte ceremony, Alice Springs, Central Australia, 1896.

Physical Description

Glass plate. Silver gelatin emulsion. Quarter plate.

Primary Comments

Original glass plate sleeve (handwritten annotation): "Witchetty grub ceremony. Arunta." Original print (handwritten annotation): "(1) Quabara Udnirringita Adnuringa (2) Udnirringita (witchetty grub) totemic ceremony."

Rights: Museum Victoria

Photograph Details

Restriction
Ceremonial
Date Made
04/05/1901
Creator

Subjects

Language Groups
Totems
Places

Institution

Institution
Museum Victoria
Registration
XP8947

Classification

Primary Subject
People, Ceremony
Secondary Subject
Men, Totem