Record#
Date:
late 1860s
Named Person:
Photographer:
?Daniel Marquis
Expedition/Compiler:
Amalie Dietrich collected original prints between 1863-1873
Image Caption:
Source:
Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers (Founding Collection)
Acquired:
Donated 1884
Collection:
Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford
Region:
Queensland; Brisbane
Cultural Group:
‘Jagera’ from National Native Title Tribunal spelling (http://www.nntt.gov.au). http://www.ausanthrop.net/resources/ausanthrop_db: ‘several groups listed under this name’. Alternate spellings for Jagera as listed on Ausanthrop website: Jagara, Jagarabal (jagara = "no"), Jergarbal, Yagara, Yaggara, Yuggara, Yugg-ari, Yackarabul, Turubul (language name), Turrbal, Turrubul, Terabul, Torbul, Turibul, Yerongban, Yeronghan, Ninghi, Yerongpan, Biriin (see Jukambe) * Yuggera.
Description:
Re-photographed copy made by the Godeffroy Museum in Hamburg of an original carte-de-visite collected by Amalie Dietrich in Queensland between 1863 and 1873:posed group of six young men, four standing, one kneeling and one lying on the floor. They wear face and body paint and textile loincloths, and carry spears and boomerangs. A shield lies on the floor in the foreground. Painted studio background. [LM 2/2/2009]
Primary Documentation:
Written on mount - AUSTRALIA P.R. Mus ... c ... BRISBANE ... P.R. coll. PRMB49/5.a-j [LM 2/2/2009]
Manual Catalogues - The Dietrich collection of photographs for the Godeffroy Museum are catalogued in the section Verzeichniss der Photographien in Die Ethnographisch-Anthropologische Abtheilung des Museum Godeffroy in Hamburg: Ein beitrag zur kunde der sudsee-volker, J.D.E. Schmeltz and R. Krause, 1881. No. 41 (page 503) is captioned: 'Vier Eingeborene in aufrechter, einer in knieender Stellung, ein Weib in liegender; die Bemalung des Körpers mit schwarzer Farbe zeigund, die Männer mit Speer, Holzschwert und Boomerang bewaffnet. Siehe No. 349 etc. pag. 5, No. 361, pag. 7 und No. 347, pag. 10. Brisbane, Moreton-Bay.' [CM 14/12/2009]
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