IDNO

P.85635.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.220.ACH1: “2 heads: Bushman; lower head, Tasmanian.”

Portrait of “Hinanamyn, age 20 - Ht 6 ft, From Salt water Creek. (Unmarried.)”, a young Aboriginal man and warrior. He is drawn showing his head only, and with four of his hand weapons on either side.
On the lower half of the plate is a profile portrait of “Timnayny, Age 19, Ht 5 ft 4 in, From Guichen Bay. (Married.)”, an Aboriginal woman, drawn to show the head only. To the left is her husband’s skull with a cord attached for carrying, which the woman uses as a drinking vessel. To the right is a basket with a carrying cord in which women carry their belongings. [See Blandowski 1862, fig. 25]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Victoria; Darling River; Murray River; Salt Water Creek; Guichen Bay

Cultural Affliation

Tasmanian

Named Person

Hinanamyn; Timmanyn

Photographer

Muetzel, Gustav [Artist]

Collector / Expedition

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

Date

1855 - 1859; 1862

Collection Name

Haddon Collection

Source

?Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.85635. to P.85723. were tied together in a bundle.

Bibliographical Reference: Blandowski, William von, 1862. Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished, Gleiwitz), with the caption “Aborigines of Australia, Plate 116. ‘Hinanamyn’ [under the man], ‘Timmanyn’ [under the woman]”. [JD 23/8/2007]

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:
“25. The characteristic head of a young warrior and his hand weapons: a woman's head next to her husband's skull which the woman uses as a drinking vessel, and a woven basket in which the women carry their belongings. From Guichen - Bay in South Australia. Drawing by W. v. Blandowski”

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]

Bibliographical Reference: Blandowski, William, 1855. Australia Terra Cognita (Unpublished, Melbourne). [JD 23/8/2007] Published as Plate 116 with caption “Aborigines of Australia”. The man is identified as Hinanamyn, and the woman as Timmanyn. [JD 23/8/2007]

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 26/3/2009]