Studio-staged bush scene featuring an Aboriginal man of New South Wales

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Object Number 2004.29.21696

Display Title Studio-staged bush scene featuring an Aboriginal man of New South Wales

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.)

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: 19.9 × 15.1 cm (7 13/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Provenance

Donor Donated by Robert W. Forbes

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Object Number	Title	Geography/Provenience
2004.29.21699	Studio staged bush scene featuring an Aboriginal man of New South Wales posed on the ground, surrounded by boomerangs and wearing a fur pelt	New South Wales
2004.29.21700	Studio-staged bush scene featuring two Aboriginal men of New South Wales, one standing holding a long stick and the other lying beneath a wooden shelter	New South Wales
2004.29.21702	Studio-staged bush scene featuring an Aboriginal man of New South Wales, seated and holding a club	New South Wales
2004.29.21697	Studio-staged bush scene featuring an Aboriginal man of New South Wales, seated and gripping a fish net	New South Wales
2004.29.21698	Studio-staged bush scene featuring an Aboriginal man of New South Wales, seated and holding a club	New South Wales
2004.29.21704	Studio-staged bush scene featuring an Aboriginal man of New South Wales, seated and holding a spear	New South Wales
2004.29.21706	Studio-staged bush scene featuring an Aboriginal man of New South Wales, holding a thick branch	New South Wales
2004.29.21701	Studio-staged bush scene featuring two Aboriginal men, one standing holding a long stick, the other lying beneath a wooden shelter	New South Wales
2004.29.21679	Studio-staged bush scene featuring an Aboriginal man wearing an animal waist cover with two boomerangs tucked in, leaning on two wooden spears	New South Wales
2004.29.21770	Portrait of Geedah, King of Prince of Wales Island	Queensland
2004.29.21703	Studio-staged bush scene featuring an Aboriginal man of New South Wales, seated and holding a club	New South Wales
2004.29.21705	Studio-staged bush scene featuring an Aboriginal man of New South Wales, seated and holding a spear	New South Wales

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