IDNO

P.9363.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “Outrigger canoes.”

On catalogue card for P.10919.ACH1: “Spearing fish from canoe. “Dug-out cut square at either extremity: with one outrigger, capable of carrying five or six people. Massmann [sic Mossmann] river to Cape Grafton”. Same as Roth, 1910, pl. VII. Mouth of the Russell River.”

On Catalogue Card for duplicate image LS.138605.TC1: Australia 39.5. XXXVI 5 AUSTRALIA QUEENSLAND
Spearing fish, Queensland, mouth of Russell River.
Dug-out canoe, double booms.

Portrait of two men standing in a dug-out outrigger canoe. One of the men is standing upright and holding a long spear in his left hand and a boomerang in his right hand. The other man is sitting down and holding a paddle. He is wearing a large shell? pendant. There are a few hills in the background. [WV 13/5/2009]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Queensland; near Cairns; Cape Grafton; Massmann River; Russell River

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

?Atkinson, Alfred; ?White, A.A.

Collector / Expedition

?Roth, Walter

Date

pre ?1922

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collection

Source

Coghlan, T. A. (Agent-General of N.S.W.)

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Image: Same image held at UQ Anthropology Museum, reference 33234, with the following information:
"Item name: B & W photograph
Maker: Dr Walter E. Roth   
Place: Australia > Australia > Queensland > Cape York region > Russell River
Collector: Dr Walter E. Roth 
Acquisition date: January 01, 1983 
Acquisition method: Unrecorded
Research Notes: 'Mossman River to Cape Grafton. Ref: Roth, W.E. 1910 Transport and Trade, North Queensland Ethnography, Bulletin 14, Pl. 7, Fig. 1. See also 34596. Roth photo no 2308' [catalogue card note]." [Source: https://catalogue.anthropologymuseum.uq.edu.au/item/34596?search_result=2, JD 29/10/2018]

Related Image: Same image held at UQ Anthropology Museum, reference 34596, with the following information:
"Item name: B & W negative 
Maker: Unrecorded  
Place: Australia > Australia > Queensland > Cape York region > Mossman River
Collector: Unrecorded 
Acquisition date: January 01, 1983 
Acquisition method: by North Queensland Historical Society 
Research Notes: 'Same photo as 33234. Published in Roth, W.E. 1910 Transport and Trade, North Queensland Ethnography, Bulletin 14, P1. VII, Fig 1 - (A.I.A.S N2118-9: Spearing fish, Russell Aborigines and canoe). Bull 13, pp. 199-20, P1 57 24 - Bloomfield River Boomerang / Spear Thrower' [catalogue card note]." [Source: https://catalogue.anthropologymuseum.uq.edu.au/item/34596?search_result=2, JD 29/10/2018]

Photographer: The photographer field previously identified the photographer as Walter Roth but Michael Aird has identified it is more likely to be Alfred Atkinson or A.A. White. The field has been changed accordingly. [Knowledge shared by Michael Aird, Director, University of Queensland Anthropology Museum. KK 14/12/2022]

Publication: Image published in Roth, W.E. 1910 Transport and Trad, North Queensland Ethnography, Bulletin 14, Pl. 7, Fig. 1. [JD 29/10/2018]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Aboriginal Visual Histories Project, Monash University. [Wonu Veys 13/5/2009]