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Object type
Lantern slides
Object number
1985.0060.2711
Description
Black and white lantern slide showing a bearded Aboriginal man from the chest up viewed from the front with long hair and white lines painted on his chest and face.
Reproduced by Basedow in "The Australian Aboriginal", FW Preece And Sons, Adelaide, 1925, plate IV/2. Caption reads: 'Wongapitcha warrior, so-called Semitic type.'
Collection name
Dr Herbert Basedow collection
Photographer
Dr Herbert Basedow
Materials
Photographic emulsion
Dimensions
Length: 82mm
Width: 82mm
