IDNO

P.85771.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.267.ACH1: “No legend.”

Scene from an Aboriginal corroboree with two rows of six men dancing - all of the men wear various patterns of white body paint. Three women sit in the foreground using clap sticks, and groups of spectators are in the foreground and background. [JD 23/8/2007, updated WV 6/4/2009]

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

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 Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished, Gleiwitz), with no caption. [JD 23/8/2007]

Bibliographical Reference: Blandowski, William, 1855. Australia Terra Cognita (Unpublished, Melbourne). [JD 23/8/2007] Published as Plate 120 with the caption “Corrobori, or Native Festival”. [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]

Context: An Aboriginal Corroboree (a term coined by European settlers in imitation of the Aboriginal word caribberie) is a ceremonial meeting which embraces songs, dances, costumes, rallies, and in the past also included sporting events, and other forms of skill displays. [Source: Encyclopedia Britannica Online, JD 28/8/2007]

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:
“100. The aboriginal dances have a diabolical nature. Their bodies move in a baroque but symmetrical manner. Around their feet and in their hands they have bundles of rubber tree leaves that rustle when they move. The women give the beat by singing and drumming. The whole scene, which is lit by fires, has an ambience of mystery; often the dances last long into the night Drawing by W. v. Blandowski” [WV 6/4/2009]

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 6/4/2009]