Four Aboriginal men photographed facing one another holding spears and shields in the air

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Object Number 2004.29.21738

Display Title Four Aboriginal men photographed facing one another holding spears and shields in the air

Descriptions

Object Description Written on board: Australia, Queensland; "Queensland Blacks" 2. Gift of A. Agassiz; May 18, 1899; North Queensland; Cairns rainforest pygmoids (JBB)

Subject

Shield
Man
Spear

Department Photographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Australia / Queensland

Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard

Dimensions Overall: 13.6 × 9.9 cm (5 3/8 × 3 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Geography/Provenience
	2004.29.21760	Large group of Aboriginal people, men and boys standing, holding spears and shields, and women seated on the ground	Australia
	2004.29.21748	Eight "Native Warriors" photographed in bush carrying either spears, shields, or swords. Man in center wears a chest plate: "King Charlie M.R."	Queensland
	2004.29.21735	Two Aboriginal men at camp pointing their spears upwards	Queensland
	2004.29.21737	Studio shot of two adult Queensland Aboriginals and child	Queensland
	2004.29.21758	Photograph in bush clearing of Aboriginal shelters, two women are seated and two men are standing, holding spears	Queensland
Media Restricted	2004.29.21762	Photo of eighteen Aboriginal people standing in front of shelter in the bush	Queensland
	2004.29.21755	Group of seven Aboriginal men, posed, with center man holding a rainforest type shield	Australia
	2004.29.21749	Photo of an Aboriginal Queensland Warrior holding a rainforest style shield, a spear and a spearthrower	Queensland
	2004.29.21736	Aboriginal man at camp holding a spear above his head, two shelters behind him	Queensland
	2004.29.21734	Three Aboriginal Women sitting in camp, one of which is making a dillybag.	Queensland
	2004.29.21757	Adult male and female Aboriginals and boy in front of a shelter made of banana leaves	Queensland
	2004.29.21759	Photograph at distance of an Aboriginal settlement in forest above a dry creek bed, people standing all around	Queensland

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