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Three Aboriginal Women sitting in camp, one of which is making a dillybag.
Three Aboriginal Women sitting in camp, one of which is making a dillybag.
Object Number 2004.29.21734
Display Title Three Aboriginal Women sitting in camp, one of which is making a dillybag.
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Australia, Queensland (verso) Australia. Gift of Alexander Agassiz 1899. Cairns Pygmoids (JBB) taken by A. Atkinson, (1898)
Department Photographic
Date 1898
Artist Alfred Atkinson
Culture
  • Aborigine
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Queensland
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 13.7 × 9.9 cm (5 3/8 × 3 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz

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