Portrait of Aboriginal Woman and Child

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Object Number 2004.29.21615

Display Title Portrait of Aboriginal Woman and Child

Descriptions

Object Description Written on board: Australia 610. Australian Aborigines. (H. King SYD) (verso) Gift of A. Agassiz, May 18, 1899.

Department Photographic

Artist Henry King

Culture

Aborigine

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Australia

Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard

Dimensions Overall: 14.6 × 19.7 cm (5 3/4 × 7 3/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Provenance

Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz

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Object Number	Title	Geography/Provenience
2004.29.21627	Group of Aboriginal men, women, and a young child photographed near two low lying shelters	Australia
2004.29.21665	Studio portrait of an Aboriginal woman	New South Wales
2004.29.21617	Portrait of Aboriginal Man wearing bone through septum and decorated headpiece, ritual scarification on abdomen.	Australia
2004.29.21670	Studio portrait of an Aboriginal woman	New South Wales
2004.29.21672	Studio portrait of an Aboriginal woman wearing fur pelt and showing ritual scarification across her chest	New South Wales
2004.29.21729	Studio portrait of an Aboriginal Woman of Queensland, Ritual Scarification on her Arms and Abdomen	Queensland
2004.29.21725	Studio portrait of an Aboriginal Woman of Queensland, Ritual Scarification on her Arms and Abdomen	Queensland
2004.29.21629	Aboriginal Man Tracking	Australia
2004.29.21744	Studio portrait of an Aboriginal woman with ritual scarification on her upper body	Queensland
2004.29.21724	Studio portrait of an Aboriginal Woman of Queensland, Ritual Scarification on her Arms and Abdomen	Queensland
2004.29.21674	Studio staged portrait of an Aboriginal man, he is seated and holds a club	New South Wales
2004.29.21676	Studio portrait of Aboriginal man seated, holding a studded wooden club and a shield	New South Wales

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