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Object type
Glass plate negatives
Object number
1985.0060.1069.001
Description
Black and white glass plate negative showing an Aboriginal man wearing a conical headdress on his hands and knees.
Reproduced by Basedow in "The Australian Aboriginal", FW Preece and Sons, Adelaide, 1925, plate XXXII. Caption reads: 'An epidode of the great fire ceremony, Kolaia tribe. / "Presently the music starts again, and the spirit known as 'Ngardaddi' is seen to be steathily creeping towards the fire, his body lying flat upon the ground and his legs dragging behind." '
Collection name
Dr Herbert Basedow collection
Photographer
Dr Herbert Basedow
Materials
Photographic emulsion, Glass
Dimensions
Length: 100mm
Width: 125mm
