IDNO

P.85608.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.281.ACH1: “Natives ? ... a boundary ?.”

A line of fifteen Aboriginal men, each holding a club out in their right hand while bowing towards a group sitting on a hillock in the background. One of the men holds a stuffed figure up behind his back, and three of the men hold branches symbolising emblems, possibly from cabbage trees (Cordyline) up behind their backs. This ceremony is carried out when epidemics break out. Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) trees are in the background. [JD 23/8/2007] [WV 7/4/2009]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Victoria; Adelaide

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Muetzel, Gustav [Artist]

Collector / Expedition

von Blandowski, William [Blandowski Expedition to the Lower Murray River, 1857]

Date

1861; 1862

Collection Name

Haddon Collection

Source

?Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.84200. to P.84255. and P.85603. to P.85634. were tied together in a bundle.

Bibliographical Reference: Blandowski, William von, 1862. Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished), with the caption “Aborigines of Australia, Plate 199. William v. Blandowski, Australia. ?Natives ... [illegible] a ?boundary. Eucalyptus marginata Box ”. The image is signed “G.M.61”. [JD 23/8/2007]

CUMAA Exhibition: P.84112.ACH2 to P.85713.ACH2 were on display in the SSL as part of the Brook Andrew ‘The Island’ Exhibition, 24th June - 27th September 2008. [JD 25/6/2008]

Bibliographical Reference: For discussion of authorship see: Allen, H. 2006. Authorship and ownership in Blandowski's Australien in 142 Photographischen Abbildungen. Australasian Historical Archaeology 24:31-37. [Jane Lydon, Monash University, 8/7/2009]

Publication: Blandowski, W. 1862. Australien in 142 Photographischen Ahbildungen. Gustav Neumann, Gleiwicz. Edited by Harry Alien. Translated from the German by Lillian Barton. Translation Copyright: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2007. with the caption:
“114. A different tradition was practiced in Adelaide. Stuffed figures and various emblems mounted on long sticks are carried on people's backs. They move forwards and backwards grimacing weirdly and pointing their weapons in one direction then in another to chase bad spirits in that direction. Drawing by G. Mützel.” [WV 6/4/2009]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding 23/8/2007]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Aboriginal Visual Histories Project, Monash University. [Wonu Veys 7/4/2009]