'Woman of Arunta Tribe wearing chaplet of bones Arramurilya at final grave ceremony of her husband'

Archive Collections / Francis James Gillen / Series AA 108/50 / 'Woman of Arunta Tribe wearing chaplet of bones Arramurilya at final grave ceremony of her husband'

A portrait of a widow wearing a chaplet of bones and torso decorations for a mourning ceremony. Her face is obscured by the chaplet.

Formerly AP1011.

For mounted album photograph see AA 108/2/7/4_p6_AP1011 and AA 108/8/35/5.

For glass slides and plates see AA 108/41/3_AP1011.

177. No annotation recorded.
178. 'Duplicate - compare AP1201 to AP1011'.
179. 'Woman of Arunta Tribe wearing chaplet of bones Arramurilya at final grave ceremony of her husband'.

Photograph taken central Australia.

Tindale Tribes: Aranda.

AIATSIS Tribal/Language Groups: Arrernte.

Creator: Francis James Gillen

Control: AA 108/50/1/1/177-179

Date Range: 1890 - 1912

Quantity: 3 photograph (sepia, b&w prints).

Formats: Loose Photographic Prints

Series: AA 108/50

Tindale Tribes:

Aranda