IDNO

LS.109051.TC1

Description

On catalogue card: “Australia.
Queenslander, Somerset, Cape York, with bamboo tobacco-pipe, baskets and mat wind-screen. One male, five females.”

In an enclosed shelter of branches a family group is sitting. at the centre is a bearded man sitting cross-legged with a bamboo pipe across his lap. In front of him is a fibre bag and a tin can. Another tin can hangs to the right. Behind him to the right are two women; one holding a tobacco pipe with a fibre bag to her left. Three other women are also seated behind the man as the central figure. To the right is a large plaited mat. [Jude Philp 23/2/1999, updated JD 10/9/2009, from record N.22783.ACH2, JD 30/8/2012]

Group of Aboriginal people from Somerset Lake, Cape York, Queensland sitting cross-legged in their camp. The man in the foreground has a full beard and moustache and is holding a long tobacco pipe. There are a few women in the background. There are a few baskets lying about. There are trees and shrubs surrounding them. The image is rather blurred. [WV 28/5/2009]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Cape York; Somerset Lake

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Haddon, Alfred Cort

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort [Torres Strait, 1888 - 1889]

Date

1888

Collection Name

Teaching Slide CollectionHaddon Unmounted Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Aboriginal Visual Histories Project, Monash University. [Wonu Veys 28/5/2009]