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): "Close of Wollunqua. Performer shaking himself." Original print (handwritten annotation): "1/ Ceremony of Purutu-purutu. (shaking)."

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
XP9145

Classification

Primary Subject
People, Ceremony
Secondary Subject
Men, Totem