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06. Aboriginal man scorching bark
Title : 06. Aboriginal man scorching bark 06. Aboriginal man scorching bark
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Creator : Mountford, Charles P. (Charles Pearcy), 1890-1976 photographer
Source : PRG 1218/34/2812
Date of creation : 1948
Format : Photograph
Dimensions : 60 x 60 mm
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Description :

An Aboriginal man scorching bark over a fire prior to straightening it, Groote Eylandt. The straightened bark could possibly be used for painting, making a canoe or a roof for a shelter.


This image has been reproduced with the kind permission of the Umbakumba Community Council.

Subjects
Related names :

American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, (1948)

Coverage year : 1948
Place : Arnhem Land
Region : Northern Territory
Further reading :

American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, (1948). Records of the American-Australian scientific expedition to Arnhem Land, Melbourne : Melbourne University Press, 1956-1964.

Lamshed, Max, 'Monty' : the biography of C.P. Mountford, [Adelaide] : Rigby, 1972

May, Sally K. Collecting cultures : myth, politics, and collaboration in the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition, Lanham, Md. : AltaMira Press, 2010

Internet links :

Web Links:

Angurugu Community Government Council - Groote Eylandt Community


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