Men instructing a youth on the ways of ceremony. Some men are decorated for ceremony.
No former AP number recorded.
455. 'Initiating a recently initated youth in the meaning of a witchety [witchetty] grub ceremony. A shield used in the ceremony is being held against the body of the youth Arunta. Gillen'.
Photograph taken central Australia.
Tindale Tribes: Aranda.
AIATSIS Tribal/Language Groups: Arrernte.