Summary
Note: This object includes a derogatory references to First Nations people. Such depictions are not condoned by Museums Victoria which considers them to be racist. Historical distance and context do not excuse or erase this fact.
Image depicting a group of First Nations men, two distracting a white man engaged in a welcome exchange otside a tent while the others rummage through his luggage. It plays on racist tropes about First Nations peoples as untrustworthy and naive in a scene suggesting colonisation.
Children's panorama magic lantern slide made circa 1860-1920. The image depicts indigenous people dressing themselves in Western style clothing.
Description of Content
The image depicts six men, one a white man outside a tent.
Physical Description
Panorama format colour lantern slide with single rectangular glass sheet in wooden frame.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Migration & Cultural Diversity, Images & Image Making, Childhood
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Date Made
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Format
Lantern Slide, Colour
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Classification
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Type of item
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Keywords
Clothing, Racism, Tents, Lantern Slides, Cultural Stereotypes, Colonialism
