IDNO

P.85725.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.221.ACH1: “Figures of Australian natives.”

Group of two men and three women of the Jarijari (historically Yarree-Yarree) tribe, some three to four thousand miles from the coast. The woman on the left appears to have cicatrisation on her chest; the second woman from the left is wearing a cloth? skirt; and the third woman wears a headscarf?. The older man in the centre is holding a spear and shield. Four other figures are in the background. [See Blandowski 1862, fig. 26]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Aboriginal; Jarijari [historically Yarree-Yarree]

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.85724. to P.85811. were tied together in a bundle.

Bibliographical Reference: Blandowski, William von, 1862. Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished), with the caption “Aborigines of Australia, Plate 129. William v. Blandowski, Australia. Figures of the Australian Natives”. 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:
“26. Three female and two male Aborigines of the Yarree-Yarree tribe in Mondellimin, somewhat further inland, about 3-400 English miles from the coast After a photograph by W. v. Blandowski”

Bibliographical Reference: Blandowski, William, 1855. Australia Terra Cognita (Unpublished, Melbourne). [JD 23/8/2007] Published as Plate 116 with caption “Aborigines of Australia”. The man is identified as Hinanamyn, and the woman as Timmanyn. [JD 23/8/2007]

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 26/3/2009]