Warumungu man wearing a woman's head-rings as a magic cure for headache, Tennant Creek, Central Australia, 4 August 1901.

Photographers: Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer and Frank Gillen

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Item XP 9832 Glass plate. Warumungu. Tennant Creek, Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia. /07/1901 - /09/1901

Summary

Warumungu man wearing a woman's head-rings as a magic cure for headache.

Physical Description

Silver gelatin emulsion. Quarter plate.

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Object/Medium

Glass plate
Photographer

W. B. Spencer & F. J. Gillen
Cultural Groups

Warumungu
Locality

Tennant Creek, Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia
Date Produced

/07/1901 - /09/1901
Date Collected

1901
Keywords

People, Ceremony, Magic, Dress And Ornamentation
References

[Book] Batty, Philip, et al. 2005. The Photographs of Baldwin Spencer.
Collection Names

Spencer and Gillen Collection
Type of item

Image
Discipline

Ethnohistory
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Central and Western and South Australian Ethnographic, Ethnohistory

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