IDNO

P.85660.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.245.ACH1: “Different tattoo of the Australian woman.”

Composite plate of four half-length portraits of Aboriginal women showing their differing cicatrisation and tattoo patterns on their fronts and back according to their regions.
The top two portraits show women from “On the Darling River 143o & 31 1/2o." The woman on the top left shows cicatrisation and tattoo patterns radiating down from her breasts, and horizontal stripes on her stomach. The woman on the top right has eighteen fine vertical lines grouped in five rows.
The lower two women portrayed are from “On the Murray River 139o & 31 1/2o" from the Coorong Rivers and Guichen Bay area. The tattoos and cicatrisation of the woman on the bottom left, consists of small, half-inch long ridges and raised dots making an elegant arch, vertical on the chest and more horizontal on the stomach. On her back the woman on the bottom right has arches going from the shoulders down to her hips. [See Blandowski 1862, pl.75]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

von Blandowski, Wilhelm [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 Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished), with the caption “Aborigines of Australia, Plate 150. William v. Blandowski, Australia. The Different Tatoo of the Australian Women. On the Darling River 143o & 31 1/2o; On the Murray River 139o & 31 1/2o”. [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:
“75. The women at the Darling River have different tattoos. They have tattoos in a pattern radiating down their breasts, horizontal stripes on their stomachs, and on their back 18 fine vertical lines grouped in 5 rows. At the Coorong River and at Guichen Bay the tattoos consist of small, 1/2 inch long ridges and raised dots making an elegant arch; vertical on the chest and more horizontal on the stomach. On their backs they have arches going from the shoulders down to their hips. Drawing by W. v.Blandowski.” [WV 2/4/2009]

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 2/4/2009]