Quabara Okira of Moirka performed before Wurtja

Archive Collections / Francis James Gillen / Series AA 108/50 / Quabara Okira of Moirka performed before Wurtja
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Final scene of the ceremony wherein Wurtja embraces the sacred Waninga. Many men gathered around the sacred Waninga, most men are decorated, some more embellished than others. Hills are in the background and shrubs are in the middleground.

Formerly AP5974.

For mounted album photograph see AA108/24/57/4.

287. No annotation recorded.

Photograph taken central Australia.

Tindale Tribes: Aranda.

AIATSIS Tribal/Language Groups: Arrernte.

Creator: Francis James Gillen
Control: AA 108/50/1/2/287
Date Range:  1890  -  1902
Quantity:    1   Print (sepia print).
Formats: Loose Photographic Prints
Series:  AA 108/50
Tindale Tribes: