'Portraits of the Aboriginal Inhabitants'

Original Watercolour
There are four original watercolours within one frame. Titles are as follows

  1. Pedlku. A dance of the Lake Bonney natives. Wielku.

  2. (No Data)

  3. Nungalta. A Parnkalla in Kuri dance. Port lincoln.

  4. Kauokubmanna. A Parnkalla. Tyukalta. Parnkalla. Inbalta. A Navo (?) Coffin Bay



(Captioning is very faint and difficult to read).

Frames I, III, IV are signed by Angas, frame II has no signature.

Lithograph
The original has been used in Angas's South Australia Illustrated, plate number 5. The title of the watercolour is the same but the plates differ;
  1. ('Wielku' omitted)

  2. A Wallaby man adorned for the Kuri dance.

  3. Mintalta. A Parnkalla native in the Kuri dance. Port lincoln.

  4. (Addition of Tyukalta. A Parnkalla) Inbalta Anauo. Coffin Bay.



Frames I & II are reversed.

Lithographer J W Giles.

Former Accession Number 1581.

CreatorGeorge French Angas
ControlAA8/2/1/1-4
Quantity   1   Watercolour - I. 24x17cm; II. 24.5x16.5cm; III. 24.5x16.5cm; IV. 24.5x16.5cm; Mount 69x51cm
Series AA8/02