Two widows with cropped hair and covered with white pipe clay sitting under a shelter they built themselves, Tennant Creek, Central Australia, 16-17 August 1901.
Physical Description
Glass plate. Silver gelatin emulsion. Quarter plate.
Primary Comments
Original glass plate sleeve (handwritten annotation): "Death & Burial. Widows. 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
- XP9500
Classification
- Primary Subject
- People, Ceremony, Ceremony, Shelter
- Secondary Subject
- Women, Mourning, Painting, Body, Bough shelter