IDNO

P.85654.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.239.ACH1: “Domestic life of the natives.”

Aboriginal encampment showing small groups of Aboriginals preparing possum skins for making into blankets.
"For this reason the entire possum is not placed in a fire but is skinned and the fur is stretched across a piece of bark and then dried near a fire. The fur skins are treated late into the night and it is very lively in the camp. - In the background Aborigines are climbing, using various techniques, tall trees to show how to kill a possum." [Blandowski 1862, pl.64]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Victoria; Darling River; Murray River

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Muetzel, Gustav [Artist]

Collector / Expedition

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

Date

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 Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished), with the caption “Aborigines of Australia, Plate 131. William v. Blandowski, Australia. Natives Domestic life of the natives”. The image is signed “G.M.61”. [JD 23/8/2007]

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]

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]

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:
“64. When the first cold nights appear in winter, the Aborigines uses far blankets to keep warm. For this reason the entire possum is not placed in a fire but is skinned and the fur is stretched across a piece of bark and then dried near a fire. The fur skins are treated late into the night and it is very lively in the camp. - In the background Aborigines are climbing, using various techniques, tall trees to show how to kill a possum. Composed by G. Mützel.” [WV 27/3/2009]

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 1/4/2009]