IDNO

LS.79610.

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.158.ACH1: "Procuring heliman and fishing." [typed text, circa 1935]

Four Birpai people of which two men, Peter Budge and Charlie Murray, are carving out a shield from the bark and timber of a tree. Deep grooves have been cut in the shape of a shield and stones are put in the grooves. The men have short beards and moustaches and are using stone tools to make the shield. They also have boomerangs hanging in their loincloths.
In the background there is a woman, Grace Bugg, holding fish and standing at the edge of the river. The young man, Billy Bugg, is holding a long fishing spear. The landscape in the background consists of small trees. [WV 18/3/2009, updated with knowledge shared by John Heath, Birpai traditional owner, Thomas Dick Photographic Collection Family Stakeholder Group, Port Macquaire, New South Wales. JD 9/20/2017, form record P.158.ACH1, JD 15/12/2020]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; New South Wales; in or near Port Macquarie

Cultural Affliation

Birpai [also known as Birrpai; Biripi; Birrbay; Biripee]

Named Person

Peter Budge; Charlie Murray

Photographer

Dick, Thomas

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1912

Collection Name

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

LS.79589. to LS.79665. were found in the wooden slide box, formerly numbered batch 24, now renumbered C399/.

LS.79589. to LS.79614. were found with a piece of paper which mentions:
"Wood" [manuscript in ink]