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 ceremony." Original print (handwritten annotation): "(1) Kaitish Sacred Ceremony. Intiara Totem. (2) Quabara Idnimita (3) Idnimita of Intirra (Intirra=his cave) "

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
XP9019

Classification

Primary Subject
People, Ceremony
Secondary Subject
Men, Totem