Spencer & Gillen

A journey through Aboriginal Australia

Arrernte ceremony, Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory, 1901.

Physical Description

Glass plate. Silver gelatin emulsion. Quarter plate.

Primary Comments

Original glass plate sleeve (handwritten annotation): "Water ceremony. C.W." Original print (handwritten annotation): "Rain or water ceremony "

Rights: Museum Victoria

Photograph Details

Restriction
Ceremonial
Date Made
Between 28/03/1901 and 10/04/1901
Creator

Subjects

Language Groups
Totems
Places

Institution

Institution
Museum Victoria
Registration
XP8970

Classification

Primary Subject
People, Ceremony
Secondary Subject
Men, Totem