Spencer & Gillen

A journey through Aboriginal Australia

Kaytetye ceremony, Barrow Creek, Central Australia, 1901.

Physical Description

Glass plate. Silver gelatin emulsion. Quarter plate.

Primary Comments

Original glass plate sleeve (handwritten annotation): "Kaitish sacred ceremony." Original print (handwritten annotation): "Kaitish Sacred ceremony. Man running round in front of audience (shadow of later in foreground."

Rights: Museum Victoria

Photograph Details

Restriction
Ceremonial
Date Made
Between /06/1901 and /07/1901
Creator

Subjects

Language Groups
Totems
Places

Institution

Institution
Museum Victoria
Registration
XP9018

Classification

Primary Subject
People, Ceremony
Secondary Subject
Men, Totem