'Nathagura [fire ceremony]'

Archive Collections / Francis James Gillen / Series AA 108/50 / 'Nathagura [fire ceremony]'

Anterior view of a man decorated for a fire ceremony (nathagura).

Formerly AP6068.

149. 'Man taking part in the fire ceremony. To protect him from the burning torches his white body is coated over with pipe clay + mud. Warramunga.'
150. 'Nathagura [fire ceremony] Warramunga.'

Photograph taken central Australia.

Tindale Tribes: Waramanga.

Creator: Francis James Gillen
Control: AA108/50/2/149-150
Date Range:  1890  -  1902
Quantity:    2   Prints
Formats: Loose Photographic Prints
Series:  AA 108/50
Tindale Tribes:
Waramanga