'Sacred ceremony depicting certain spirits'

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Three men decorated for ceremony sitting in the foreground, a fluffy tail like rope appears to be connecting them. There is a group of men standing behind them.

Formerly AP1130.

For mounted album photograph see AA 108/2/37/3_p36_AP1133.

For glass slides and plates see AA 108/41/3_AP1133.

146. 'Sacred ceremony depicting certain spirits who inhabit underground caves and roam about at will'.

Photograph taken MacDonnell Ranges, NT.

Tindale Tribes: Aranda.

AIATSIS Tribal/Language Groups: Arrernte.

Creator: Francis James Gillen
Control: AA 108/50/1/1/146
Date Range:  1890  -  1912
Quantity:    1   Photograph (b&w print).
Formats: Loose Photographic Prints
Series:  AA 108/50
Tindale Tribes: