Aboriginal man at camp holding a spear above his head, two shelters behind him

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Object Number 2004.29.21736

Display Title Aboriginal man at camp holding a spear above his head, two shelters behind him

Descriptions

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

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
	2004.29.21758	Two Aboriginal women sitting in front of shelters in a clearing, with two Aboriginal men standing and holding spears near them	Queensland
	2004.29.21735	Two Aboriginal men at camp pointing their spears upwards	Queensland
	2004.29.21734	Three Aboriginal Women sitting in camp, one of which is making a dillybag.	Queensland
Media Restricted	2004.29.21762	Eighteen Aboriginal people standing in front of a shelter	Queensland
	2004.29.21738	Four Aboriginal men photographed facing one another holding spears and shields in the air	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	2004.29.21730	Photo of two Aboriginal women, one man, and one male child standing before a bark shelter.	Australia
	2004.29.21764	Photo of three Aboriginal men at two shelters, two men are holding spears, man in center holds a pipe in his mouth	Queensland
	2004.29.21737	Studio shot of two adult Queensland Aboriginals and child	Queensland
	2004.29.21733	Group shot in studio of 7 male Aboriginals	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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