IDNO

P.85657.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.242.ACH1: “Natives catching the Building Hapalotis (Hapalotis conditor).”

Four Aboriginal men hunting and catching the Building Hapalotis (Hapalotis conditor), a type of rat, by surrounding the Hapalotis’ nest with nets. This type of rat builds large nests made from gathered up sticks and live in there with their families. As one man uses a stick to disturb the nest, the other three men are clubbing the escaping Hapalotis. The catch makes a substantial meal. [See Blandowski 1862, pl.72]

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

1860; 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 Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished), with the caption “Aborigines of Australia, Plate 159. William v. Blandowski, Australia. Natives catching the Building Hapalotis, Hapalotis conditor”. The image is signed “G.M.60”. [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:
“72. East of 142° longitude and below 34° southern latitude, at the Darling River, the rat Hapalotes conditor is common. This type of rat builds large nests made from gathered up sticks and live in there with their families. The Aborigines enclose these nests with their small nets, rip the nests open and the rats that flee for their lives are killed with a club. The catch makes substantial meal. Drawing 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]