'Close of a ceremony associated with black snake [thalaualla] totem'

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A group of decorated male performers kneeling on the ground, surrounded by a male audience.

No former AP number located.

57. 'Close of a ceremony associated with Black snake [thalaualla] totem. Waramunga. The youth on the left side is having the meaning of the ceremony explained to him by an old man. He had been initiated (subincision) about a week earlier. One of these youths we saw initiated on that occasion.'

Photograph taken central Australia.

Tindale Tribes: Waramanga.

Creator: Francis James Gillen
Control: AA108/50/2/57
Date Range:  1890  -  1902
Quantity:    1   Print
Formats: Loose Photographic Prints
Series:  AA 108/50
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