'Sacred ceremony of the Wild Cat Totem [Achilpa]'

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Men dressed for ceremony. A man is kneeling in front of the other men with an embellished head dress and totemic body decoration on his torso. Photograph taken in front of a rocky rise.

Formerly AP1125.

For mounted album photograph see AA108/2/36/2_p35_AP1125.

For glass slides and plates see AA108/41/3.

490. 'Sacred ceremony of the Wild Cat Totem'.

Photograoh taken MacDonnell Ranges, NT.

Tindale Tribes: Aranda.

AIATSIS Tribal/Language Groups: Arrernte.

CreatorFrancis James Gillen
ControlAA 108/50/1/3/490
Date Range1890  -  1902
Quantity   1   Print (b&w print from slide).
FormatsLoose Photographic Prints
Series AA 108/50
Tindale Tribes: