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05. Aboriginal man blowing a conch shell
Title : 05. Aboriginal man blowing a conch shell 05. Aboriginal man blowing a conch shell
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Creator : Mountford, Charles P. (Charles Pearcy), 1890-1976 photographer
Source : PRG 1218/34/2638
Date of creation : 1948
Format : Photograph
Dimensions : 60 x 60 mm
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Copyright :

The Library received cultural clearance from the Umbakumba Community Council Inc, Groote Eylandt, to display this image. Reproduction rights are owned by State Library of South Australia.
This image may be printed or saved for personal research or study. Use for any other purpose requires permission from the State Library of South Australia and the Umbakumba Community Council Inc.
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Description :

An Aboriginal man blowing a conch shell to announce the capture of a turtle, Groote Eylandt.


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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