M0013691: A woman carrying a child on her shoulders, Central Australia
- Date:
- October 1954
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/122/86
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
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Previous title, replaced January 2022: Child carried on mother's shoulders, Central Australia.
Description
Reproduction of a photograph of an Arrernte woman carrying a child on her shoulders. The original photograph was taken in 1894 at Alice Springs, Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia, by Sir Walter B. Spencer and published in Spencer,Walter Baldwin and Gillen, F. J: The native tribes of central Australia, London : Macmillan and Co., 1899
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that the item contains images of deceased persons
Publication/Creation
October 1954
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative
Notes
Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
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