Spencer & Gillen

A journey through Aboriginal Australia

Wambaya ceremony, Beetalo Downs, Central Australia, 1901.

Physical Description

Glass plate. Silver gelatin emulsion. Quarter plate.

Primary Comments

Original glass plate sleeve (handwritten annotation): "Sacred Ceremony Umbaia tribe. Stone "Unjulukuli."" Original print (handwritten annotation): "2/ Umbaia Ceremony. Performer thrusting forward the Anjulukuli stone."

Rights: Museum Victoria

Photograph Details

Restriction
Ceremonial
Date Made
09/10/1901
Creator
Date Collected
09/10/1901

Subjects

Language Groups
Places

Institution

Institution
Museum Victoria
Registration
XP9083

Classification

Primary Subject
Ceremony, People
Secondary Subject
Totem , Men