IDNO

P.85728.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.224.ACH1: “Fire-making.”

Four Aboriginal men showing two methods of fire-making. In the foreground two men are using a fire-drill to make a fire. In the background two men are rubbing a piece of wood on a tree trunk? to make fire. To their right is a hunted emu, a stone axe, and further back a spear and two throwing sticks. Three dogs are present. A family of Kookaburra (Dacelo giganteus) are sitting in an Indian rubber tree. [See Blandowski 1862, fig. 30]

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.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 Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished), with the caption “Aborigines of Australia, Plate 183. William v. Blandowski, Australia. Fire making”. 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]

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:
“30. The two methods of making fire. In the foreground lies a killed emu, a stone axe, and further back, a spear and throwing sticks. A family of Dacelo giganteus [Kookaburra] sit on a Indian rubber tree making their ridiculous, hour long "Ha!He!Hi!Ho!Hu!” and help pass the time for the Aborigines making the fire. Drawing by G. Mützel.”

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 27/3/2009]