Spencer & Gillen

A journey through Aboriginal Australia

Arrernte ceremony, Alice Springs, Central Australia, 1901.

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) Men walking from Quabara Udnirringita Untheraua to Quabara Ud. Adnuringa (2) Witchetty Grub Ceremony. Men leaving ground after performance of ceremony.

Rights: Museum Victoria

Photograph Details

Restriction
Ceremonial
Date Made
04/05/1901
Creator

Subjects

Language Groups
Totems
Places

Institution

Institution
Museum Victoria
Registration
XP8950

Classification

Primary Subject
Ceremony, People
Secondary Subject
Totem , Men