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A decorated performer buried in a hole up to his torso in connection with a black snake [thalaualla] totem ceremony. A man kneels next to him. Thalaurla is an ancestor of the great black snake.

Formerly AP6378.

97. 'Thalaurla 6378.'

Photograph taken central Australia.

Tindale Tribes: Waramanga.

CreatorFrancis James Gillen
ControlAA 108/50/2/97
Date Range1890  -  1902
Quantity   1   Print
FormatsLoose Photographic Prints
Series AA 108/50
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