Widow wearing chaplet of bones

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

A close up of AP1201. 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.

176. 'Duplicate'.

Photograph taken central Australia.

Tindale Tribes: Aranda.

AIATSIS Tribal/Language Groups: Arrernte.

Creator: Francis James Gillen
Control: AA 108/50/1/1/176
Date Range:  1890  -  1912
Quantity:    1   Photograph (b&w print).
Formats: Loose Photographic Prints
Series:  AA 108/50
Tindale Tribes:
Aranda