IDNO

P.85665.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.250.ACH1: “Dentition
1. on the Darling and Murray rivers
2. to N [north] and N.E. of 33o S. lat. [degree south latitude].
3. Corrong natives
4. on Lachlan river
5. in S.S.E. [south-southeast] of 33o S. lat. [degree south latitude] on the east.”

Composite plate of five drawings showing tribal differences in the practice of knocking out or filing teeth. The ceremony happens at the hottest time of summer at the end of January and beginning of February. From left to right are:
1. on the lower Darling and Murray Rivers with all teeth present.
2. to the north and northeast of 33o south latitude with the top front left tooth missing.
3. Corrong natives in 140o - 36o with the four front top and four front bottom teeth filled down.
4. on the Lachlan River with the two top front teeth missing.
5. in south of east of 33o south latitude with the right top front tooth missing. [See Blandowski 1862, pl. 82 and 83]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Victoria; Darling River; Lower Murray River; Lachlan 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 Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished), with the caption “Aborigines of Australia, Plate 189. William v. Blandowski, Australia. Dentition. On the lower Darling and Murray River; To the North & North East of 33o S Latitude; On the Lachlan River in N.W. Australia; In South S. East of 33o S Lat. on the East”. 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:
“82. and 83. The hottest time of the summer at the end of January and beginning of February is when the boys have the characteristic ceremony of manhood, the knocking out of the left, right or sometimes both incisors of the upper jaw. Fig. 82 shows the healthy and deformed upper jaws. People come from near and far. Armed warriors, painted with symmetrical clay figures on their heads and lower bodies, select an especially cleansed area for the ritual. The boy candidates who stand opposite the doctor with their families, are pulled out of the crowd by the doctors early m the morning, and amid weird sounds and the clashing of weapons are carried into the centre of the circle screaming loudly. The men close up the circle and all the boys sit down m a row with their legs crossed in the Turkish manner, their heads bowed to their chests and their hands folded in their laps. Drawing by G. Mützel.” [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]