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Studio staged bush scene featuring an Aboriginal man of New South Wales posed on the ground, surrounded by boomerangs and wearing a fur pelt
Studio staged bush scene featuring an Aboriginal man of New South Wales posed on the ground, surrounded by boomerangs and wearing a fur pelt
Object Number 2004.29.21699
Display Title Studio staged bush scene featuring an Aboriginal man of New South Wales posed on the ground, surrounded by boomerangs and wearing a fur pelt
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Australia; New South Wales; J.W. Lindt, Photo. Henderson, Sydney. Grafton. Over- (verso) New South Wales Native. Gift of Robert W. Forbes, Commissioner of New South Wales at the Centennial Exhibition at Philedelphia, Dec. 7, 1876. Deposited in Peabody Museum by Harvard College Library, Jan. 22, 1890. (Library Number 28.45.)
Subject
  • Man
  • Portrait
Department Photographic
Artist John William Lindt
Culture
  • Aborigine
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / New South Wales
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 20.5 × 15.2 cm (8 1/16 × 6 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Robert W. Forbes

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