M0008683: Two images of Arrernte men

Previous title, replaced September 2020: 2 images Arunta Tribe's position assumed when using the Ungakura Pointing apparatus

Reproductions of two images of men of the Arrernte people, also known as Aranda or Arunta, a group of Aboriginal Australian people living in the Arrernte lands in central Australia. The first image shows two men using a ungakura. The second shows the position assumed when pointing the irna. The reproductions are from Spencer, Baldwin and Gillen, F. J: The northern tribes of central Australia, London: Macmillan and Co.; New York : The Macmillan Company, 1927. Related images: M0008736

July 1942

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds an earlier issue of the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

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 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.