Spencer & Gillen

A journey through Aboriginal Australia

Kaytetye ceremony, Barrow Creek, Central Australia, 1901.

Physical Description

Glass plate. Silver gelatin emulsion. Half plate.

Primary Comments

Original glass plate sleeve (handwritten annotation): "Kaitish ceremony. Grass seed totem." Original print (handwritten annotation): "(1) Kaitish totemic ceremony Achilpa. (2) Emu of Atchutupunja Ertwin(?) "

Rights: Museum Victoria

Photograph Details

Restriction
Ceremonial
Date Made
21/06/1901
Creator
Date Collected
21/06/1901

Subjects

Language Groups
Totems
Places

Institution

Institution
Museum Victoria
Registration
XP9015

Classification

Primary Subject
People, Ceremony
Secondary Subject
Men, Totem