IDNO

P.85618.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.291.ACH1: “The natives burning a dead. N.S.W.”

The burning of a deceased person on a grass funeral pyre, with a group of men in attendance. The deceased man is wrapped in bark and placed on a pyre of firewood topped with grass, and two men are placing a wooden? or bark? plank on top of the man. A man is kneeling on the ground in front of the pyre with two lit tinders ready to light the pyre. A man in the background is bringing additional firewood for the pyre. [JD 23/8/2007] [WV 7/4/2009]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; New South Wales; Murray River

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Muetzel, Gustav [Artist]

Collector / Expedition

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

Date

1860; 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 Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished), with the caption “Aborigines of Australia, Plate 165. William v. Blandowski, Australia. The natives burning a dead, New South Wales”. The image is signed “G.M.60”. [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:
“125. … in New South Wales the deceased is wrapped in bark and cremated on a grass bonfire.” [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]