'Sacred ceremony of the Witchetty Grub Totem of Wathirka'

Archive Collections / Francis James Gillen / Series AA 108/50 / 'Sacred ceremony of the Witchetty Grub Totem of Wathirka'
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Man performing ceremony of the witchetty grub totem decorated from above the knee to the top of his head.

Formerly AP1129.

For mounted album photograph see AA 108/2/37/2_p36_AP1129 and AA 108/22/11/3.

For glass slides and plates see AA 108/41/3_AP1129.

143. No annotation recorded.
144. No annotation recorded.
145. 'Witchetty Grub Totem of Wathirka'.

Photograph taken MacDonnell Ranges, NT.

Tindale Tribes: Aranda.

AIATSIS Tribal/Language Groups: Arrernte.

Creator: Francis James Gillen
Control: AA 108/50/1/1/143-145
Date Range:  1890  -  1912
Quantity:    3   Photograph (sepia, 2 b&w prints).
Formats: Loose Photographic Prints
Series:  AA 108/50
Tindale Tribes:
Aranda