IDNO

P.85886.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.293.ACH1: “A native preaching on the grave.”

An elderly Aboriginal man preaching over a corpse prepared for the grave while a group of mourning? men seated on the right and a group of women mourners? seated on the left watch on. The corpse is wrapped in a decorated? / painted? bark? mat and placed on a wooden stretcher next to a prepared grave. In the background is a half-circular bark? hut. [JD 23/8/2007] [WV 5/5/2009]

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.85812. to P.85900. were tied together in a bundle.

Bibliographical Reference: Blandowski, William von, 1862. Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished), with the caption “Aborigines of Australia, Plate 135. William v. Blandowski, Australia. A native preaching on the grave”. 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:
“127. On the Murray River in Victoria the burials are very diverse even though one or two tribes have the same usage. At the burial site speeches are made, for example: Friends! Do not cry because he is no more and has left our midst. What use is it that you give yourselves to your pain. You men hold the peace and do not kill each other; it is better to go hunting and having enough to eat. You women do not quarrel! Dig for roots and you will have your peace and quiet and will not be hit, etc. Drawing by G. Mützel.” [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 7/4/2009]