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We acknowledge we are on Kaurna Miyurna land. The Dreaming is still living. From the past, in the present, into the future, forever.

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Old woman about to test shields of avenging party

Archive Collections / Francis James Gillen / Series AA 108/50 / Old woman about to test shields of avenging party

Two women, one covered in white body paint and the other appearing undecorated, running towards an avenging party. The men in the avenging party are standing in a group and holding spears and shields.

No former AP number located.

183. 'Ceremony of Shuking the Shields returned Alunga see LTG book. Gillen'.
184. 'Avenging party. Women testing the shields of men who have taken part in the actual killing. Arunta'.

Photograph taken central Australia.

Tindale Tribes: Aranda.

AIATSIS Tribal/Language Groups: Arrernte.

CreatorFrancis James Gillen
ControlAA 108/50/1/1/183-184
Date Range1890  -  1912
Quantity   2   photograph (sepia, b&w print).
FormatsLoose Photographic Prints
Series AA 108/50
Tindale Tribes:
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