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Glass plate negative - Men fighting with clubs called 'kutturu', Luritja people, Finke River, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920

Object type
Glass plate negatives

Object number
1985.0060.2636.001

Description
Black and white glass plate negative. Caption: Kutturu duel. Kukatja tribe, Finke River.

Reproduced by Basedow in "The Australian Aboriginal", FW Preece And Sons, Adelaide, 1925, plate XIII/2. Caption reads: 'A "Kutturu" duel, Aluridja tribe.'

Collection name
Dr Herbert Basedow collection

Photographer
Dr Herbert Basedow

Place designed
Finke River, Northern Territory, Australia

Date photographed
1920

Place depicted
Finke River, Northern Territory, Australia

Date photographed
1920

Materials
Photographic emulsion, Glass

Dimensions
Length: 82mm
Width: 108mm

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