IDNO

LS.109011.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "‘Tewitt’: Man: Jervis Bay."

Studio portrait of Kudajarnd (Cootajandra), a Workii man from Georgina River sitting side on to the camera. Kudajarnd was a performer in the 'Wild Australia' show. The bearded man is adorned with four lines of white paint and feathers? down his shoulders and chest. [JD 25/10/2018, updated with knowledge shared by Michael Aird. Director, University of Queensland Anthropology Museum, KK 14/12/2022]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Northern Territory; Georgina River

Cultural Affliation

Workii

Named Person

Kudajarnd [Cootajandra]

Photographer

Kerry, Charles Henry

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1893

Collection Name

Teaching Slide CollectionHaddon Unmounted Collection

Source

?Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being "Oceania Australasia; Australia, Central Australia", and although the image is annotated as 'Jervis Bay', Michael Aird has identified the man as one of the Wild Australia troupe members from Georgina River. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [Information by Michael Aird, Director, Anthropology Museum, The University of Queensland, JD 20/09/2018]

Group: ALthough the Catalogue Card is annotated with 'Tewitt, Jervis Bay', the image is inscribed with 'Cootajandra Warrior of Workii Tribe', and this is consistent with duplicate copies held in other institutes. Workii has entered as the Cultural Group. [JD 25/10/2018]

Related Image: Another portrait by Kerry of the same man are held at the UQ Anthropology Museum, reference 33519, with the following information: "A studio photo of "Kudajarnd" one of the 27 men and women of Archibald Meston's "Wild Australia" troupe, which traveled to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne 1892-1893. Kerry Studio no. 548; photo taken December 1892; from Kerry Studio contact sheet. Also see photos 32101, 32111 and 33520.
Other photos of "Kudajarnd" from the Anthropology Museum collection (32111) and other institutions were used the UQ Anthropology Museum exhibition and publication "Wild Australia: Meston's Wild Australia Show, 1892-1893" curated by Michael Aird and Mandana Mapar, curatorial research Paul Memmott, 20 February - 10 July, 2015." [Source: https://catalogue.anthropologymuseum.uq.edu.au/item/33519?search_result=12990, JD 25/10/2018]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Aboriginal Visual Histories Project, Monash University. [Jocelyne Dudding 20/8/2009]