Spencer & Gillen

A journey through Aboriginal Australia

Warumungu ceremony, Tennant Creek, Central Australia, 1901.

Physical Description

Glass plate. Silver gelatin emulsion. Half plate.

Primary Comments

Original glass plate sleeve (handwritten annotation): "Wonna Ceremony. War." Original print (handwritten annotation): "1/ Ceremony of the Kingilli moiety of the Warramunga tribe concerned with a group of men who represented "Tappin" (or cold) "

Rights: Museum Victoria

Photograph Details

Restriction
Ceremonial
Date Made
Between /07/1901 and /09/1901
Creator

Subjects

Language Groups
Totems
Places

Institution

Institution
Museum Victoria
Registration
XP9116

Classification

Primary Subject
People, Ceremony
Secondary Subject
Men, Totem