'Woman wearing chaplet of bones'

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

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 AP1179.

For mounted album photograph see AA 108/2/49/4_p48_AP1179.

For glass slides and plates see AA 108/4/3_AP1179.

180. No annotation recorded.
181. 'Woman wearing chaplet of bones, Chimurilya'.

Photograph taken MacDonnell Ranges, NT.

Tindale Tribes: Aranda.

AIATSIS Tribal/Language Groups: Arrernte.

Creator: Francis James Gillen
Control: AA 108/50/1/1/180-181
Date Range:  1890  -  1912
Quantity:    2   Photograph (b&w prints).
Formats: Loose Photographic Prints
Series:  AA 108/50
Tindale Tribes:
Aranda