'Sacred ceremony of the Kangaroo totem'

Archive Collections / Francis James Gillen / Series AA 108/50 / 'Sacred ceremony of the Kangaroo totem'
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Man performing sacred ceremony before an audience of men. Gillen's shadow is in the foreground of the photograph.

Formerly AP1094.

For mounted album photograph see AA 108/2/28/3_p27_AP1094, AA 108/12/29/4 and AA 108/24/55/2.

For glass slides and plates see AA 108/41/3_AP1094.

116. 'Sacred ceremony of the Kangaroo totem, performed before candidate for circumcision'.

Photograph taken MacDonnell Ranges, NT.

Tindale Tribes: Aranda.

AIATSIS Tribal/Language Groups: Arrernte.

Creator: Francis James Gillen
Control: AA 108/50/1/1/116
Date Range:  1890  -  1912
Quantity:    1   Photograph (b&w print).
Formats: Loose Photographic Prints
Series:  AA 108/50
Tindale Tribes:
Aranda