IDNO

P.85616.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.289.ACH1: “Natives smoking a dead to a mummy on Lake Alexandrina.”

The smoking of a deceased man to a mummy by Aboriginals from Lake Alexandrina. As the fat of the deceased runs into the fire, the warriors surround the body, put their spears at rest and give themselves up to grief. A group of six? men holding spears and shields form a circle around the fire and inside the semicircle of a vegetation shelter. In the foreground on the left is two women? squatting on a circular mat, and a third woman standing, possibly all in mourning?. In front of the women are two spears, a shield, and two boomerangs; and a pile of firewood is in the foreground on the right. In the background are several individuals and vegetation shelters. [JD 23/8/2007] [WV 7/4/2009]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; South Australia; Lake Alexandrina

Cultural Affliation

Kurung [historically Coorong; Corrong]

Named Person

Photographer

von Blandowski, Wilhelm [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 Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished), with the caption “Aborigines of Australia, Plate 146. William v. Blandowski, Australia. Natives smoking a dead to a mummy on Lake Alexandrina 139o & 36 1/2o”. 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:
“123. As the fat of the deceased runs into the fire, the warriors surround the body, their spears at rest and give themselves up to grief. Drawing by W.v. Blandowski.” [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]