Spencer & Gillen

A journey through Aboriginal Australia

Warumungu ceremony around dying man, Tennant Creek, Central Australia, 1901.

Physical Description

Glass plate. Silver gelatin emulsion. Quarter plate.

Primary Comments

Original glass plate sleeve (handwritten annotation): "Death & Burial Death Scene Warr." Original print (handwritten annotation): No print

Rights: Museum Victoria

Photograph Details

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

Subjects

Language Groups
Places

Institution

Institution
Museum Victoria
Registration
XP9496

Classification

Primary Subject
People, People, Mortuary, Ceremony, Ceremony, Animal
Secondary Subject
Men, Women, , Mourning, Painting, Body, Domestic