IDNO

P.85669.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.254.ACH1: "Public ceremony. Manticod. Permited to eat the flesh of the kangaroo (the meal of the kangaroo permitted to eat)."

Public ceremony, possibly for those permitted to eat the kangaroo meat. An Aboriginal man wearing body paint carries a kangaroo stuffed with twigs and leafs on his back while a second man, also wearing body paint, carries a leafy branch. Three men sit in the foreground playing clapsticks, while a line of seven men sit to the left. In the background is a group of spectators. [JD 23/8/2007] [WV 3/4/2009]

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 Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished), with the caption "Aborigines of Australia, Plate 166. William v. Blandowski, Australia. Public ceremony. Manticod. The ?meat of the kangaroo permitted to eat. Permited to eat the flesh of the kangaroo. Eucalyptus ?quad... [illegible, probably species names of two trees in the background]". 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:
"86. As shown on the picture a kangaroo hide stuffed with twigs and leafs and a bundle of foliage is carried to the boys to symbolise that from now on they can go on the hunt independently and are allowed to eat kangaroo meat." [WV 3/4/2009]

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 3/4/2009]