Honey ant totem [Yarumpa]

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A closed circle of men around a man decorated in the honey ant totem, there are dogs around the mens feet, performing the sacred ritual of releasing from the Ban of Silence.

Formerly AP5968.

For mounted album photograph see AA108/24/52/2.

279. No annotation recorded.

Photograph taken Western MacDonnell Ranges, NT.

Tindale Tribes: Aranda.

AIATSIS Tribal/Language Groups: Arrernte.

CreatorFrancis James Gillen
ControlAA 108/50/1/2/279
Date Range1890  -  1902
Quantity   1   Print (sepia).
FormatsLoose Photographic Prints
Series AA 108/50
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