IDNO

LS.109086.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Australia.
Kimberley District.
7 Boomerangs (convex side) A.
1. Emeus [sic emus], tortoise, lizard, etc
2. Man killing emeu [sic emu]
In West. Australian Museum, Perth."

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Western Australia; Kimberley District; Perth; Western Australain Museum

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

?Brown, Alfred Reginald (later Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald)

Collector / Expedition

Brown, Alfred Reginald (later Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald) [Object collector]

Date

circa 1912

Collection Name

Teaching Slide CollectionHaddon Unmounted Collection

Source

Woodward (Dr)

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Publication: A reproduction of this image was displayed in Collected Sights in the section Networks and Exchange with the descriptive label:
"Photograph of boomerangs from the Museum of Western Australia sent by A. Radcliffe-Brown to Haddon. Photographs of artefacts were circulated between institutions in order to provide comparative research examples and to fill supposed gaps in museum collections. Silver-gelatin print. Perth, Australia, circa 1912. Mounted Haddon Collection. p.547.ACH1." [Sudeshna Guha 27/11/02]