Two Aboriginal men at camp pointing their spears upwards

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Object Number 2004.29.21735

Display Title Two Aboriginal men at camp pointing their spears upwards

Descriptions

Object Description Written on board: Australia, Northeast Queensland (verso) Australia. Gift of Alexander Agassiz 1899. Cairns rainforest pygmoids (JBB)

Department Photographic

Date 1898

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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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Geography/Provenience
	2004.29.21738	Four Aboriginal men photographed facing one another holding spears and shields in the air	Queensland
	2004.29.21736	Aboriginal man at camp holding a spear above his head, two shelters behind him	Queensland
	2004.29.21758	Photograph in bush clearing of Aboriginal shelters, two women are seated and two men are standing, holding spears	Queensland
	2004.29.21734	Three Aboriginal Women sitting in camp, one of which is making a dillybag.	Queensland
	2004.29.21737	Studio shot of two adult Queensland Aboriginals and child	Queensland
	2004.29.21760	Large group of Aboriginal people, men and boys standing, holding spears and shields, and women seated on the ground	Australia
Media Restricted	2004.29.21762	Photo of eighteen Aboriginal people standing in front of shelter in the bush	Queensland
Media Restricted	2004.29.21730	Photo of two Aboriginal women, one man, and one male child standing before a bark shelter.	Australia
	2004.29.21733	Group shot in studio of 7 male Aboriginals	Australia
	2004.29.21755	Group of seven Aboriginal men, posed, with center man holding a rainforest type shield	Australia
	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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