'Releasing newly initiated young man from the ban of silence by touching his lips with articles used in the ceremony'

Archive Collections / Francis James Gillen / Series AA 108/50 / 'Releasing newly initiated young man from the ban of silence by touching his lips with articles used in the ceremony'
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Men gathered around a young man in the centre, who can just be made out. The men are in various stages of decoration.

Formerly AP1093.

For mounted album photograph see AA 108/2/28/2_p27_AP1093 and AA 108/24/31/3.

For glass slides and plates see AA 108/41/3_AP1093.

151. 'Releasing newly initiated young man from the ban of silence by touching his lips with articles used in the ceremony'.

Photograph taken central Australia.

Tindale Tribes: Aranda.

AIATSIS Tribal/Language Groups: Arrernte.

Creator: Francis James Gillen
Control: AA 108/50/1/1/151
Date Range:  1890  -  1912
Quantity:    1   Photograph (b&w print).
Formats: Loose Photographic Prints
Series:  AA 108/50
Tindale Tribes:
Aranda