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.

CreatorFrancis James Gillen
ControlAA 108/50/1/2/287
Date Range1890  -  1902
Quantity   1   Print (sepia print).
FormatsLoose Photographic Prints
Series AA 108/50
Tindale Tribes: