'Widow wearing chaplet of bones Chimurilya'

Archive Collections / Francis James Gillen / Series AA 108/50 / 'Widow wearing chaplet of bones Chimurilya'

A portrait of a widow wearing a chaplet of bones and torso decorations for a mourning ceremony. Her face is obscured by the chaplet.

Formerly AP1201.

For mounted album photograph see AA 108/2/55/2_p54_AP1201 and AA 108/12/47/2.

For glass slides and plates see AA 108/41/3_AP1201.

166. 'Gillen photo duplicate'.
167. No annotation recorded.
168. No annotation recorded.
169. No annotation recorded.
170. No annotation recorded.

Photograph taken central Australia.

Tindale Tribes: Aranda.

AIATSIS Tribal/Language Groups: Arrernte.

Creator: Francis James Gillen
Control: AA 108/50/1/1/166-170
Date Range:  1890  -  1912
Quantity:    5   Photograph (b&w, sepia prints).
Formats: Loose Photographic Prints
Series:  AA 108/50
Tindale Tribes:
Aranda