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): "(1) Kaitish sacred ceremony of quatcha totem group. Audience watching performers & beating boomerangs. (2) Audience during Quabara of Anira"

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
XP9021

Classification

Primary Subject
Ceremony, People
Secondary Subject
Totem , Men