IDNO

P.85661.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.246.ACH1: “Different tattoo of the Australian woman. 1. Mouth of Murray river, 2. Lake Alexandrina, 3 & 4. Kow? swamp.”

Composite plate of four half-length portraits of Aboriginal women showing their differing cicatrisation and tattoo patterns on their fronts and backs that relate to their regions.
On the top row, the woman from 1. the Mouth of Murray river, and 2. the Lake Alexandrina, have the back part of the left arm decorated with fine rows of ridges.
On the bottom row, 3 & 4, the woman from Kow-Swamp has finger-long cuts in two rows that decorate her back and horizontal and vertical lines that cover her chest. [See Blandowski 1862, pl.76]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Victoria; Murray River; ?Kew Swamp; South Australia; Lake Alexandrina

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

von Blandowski, Wilhelm [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 Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished), with the caption “Aborigines of Australia, Plate 157. William v. Blandowski, Australia. The Different Tatoo of the Australian Women. Mouth of the Darling River 139 1/2o & 35o; Mouth of the Murray River, Lake Alexandrina 139o & 35 1/2o; Kew Swamp 144o & 36o”. 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:
“76. At the delta of the Murray River and at Lake Alexandrina (139° eastern longitude and 35° southern latitude) the back part of the left arm is decorated with fine rows of these ridges. At Kow-Swamp (144° eastern longitude and 36° southern latitude) finger-long raised cuts in two rows decorate their backs and horizontal and vertical lines cover their chests. 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]