Spencer & Gillen

A journey through Aboriginal Australia

Warumungu ceremony, Tennant Creek, Central Australia, 1901.

Physical Description

Glass plate. Silver gelatin emulsion. Quarter plate.

Primary Comments

Original glass plate sleeve (handwritten annotation): "Warramunga. "Wild Cat" Ceremony. (Dargurus geoffroyii[?])" Original print (handwritten annotation): "S.N.I. 1/4 pl. No.353. See Lantern slide no.934 - index no. 253 on slide? Winithonguru August 11th."

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
XP9164

Classification

Primary Subject
People, Ceremony
Secondary Subject
Men, Totem