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Film negative - Girl, Unnrubinna, tobogganing on the granite slopes at Kurrekapinya Soakage, Ayers Ranges, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1903

Object number
1985.0060.1333

Description
Black and white film negative showing a naked Aboriginal child slidind down a rock slope.

Reproduced by Basedow in 'Journal of the Government North-West Expedition', "Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch", vol. XV, plate 55/2. Caption reads 'GIRL PICCANINNY, UNNRUBINNA, TOBOGGANING ON THE GRANITE SLOPES AT KURREKAPINNYA SOAKAGE, AUGUST 6th. / The girl was photographed in the act of sliding down the smooth track described in the text [pp. 205-206].'

Collection name
Dr Herbert Basedow collection

Photographer
Dr Herbert Basedow

Production place
Australia

Production date
1903

Materials
Photographic emulsion

Dimensions
Length: 81mm
Width: 98mm

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