IDNO

P.85670.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.255.ACH1: “Imitation of the kangaroo hunt.”

Group of Aboriginal men imitating the kangaroo hunt with eight men wearing ‘tails’ on leaves and crouching or pretending to hop as kangaroos, while two men wearing body paint are to left and aiming spears at the ‘kangaroos’. In the background are 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

1861; 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 Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished), with the caption “Aborigines of Australia, Plate 214. William v. Blandowski, Australia. Imitation of the kangaroo hunt”. The image is signed “G.M.61”. [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:
“87. and 88. Here the young boys are shown the art of catching a kangaroo. The spectators with long tails made out of foliage attached to their belts jump towards the boys like a herd of kangaroos, while simultaneously the hunters hide behind branches holding their spears trying to surprise the herd. The kangaroos |ump past the boys, then remove their tails and each picks up a young boy.” [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]