Gedower rolling strands of vegetable fibre to make string, Liverpool River, Northern Territory, October 1952 [picture] / Axel Poignant
- Bib ID:
- 3086917
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Poignant, Axel, 1906-1986
- Related Online Resources:
- PIC Cold Store Row A4/5/3 [PIC AP A] Folder 1 #PIC/5936/231 copy
- Description:
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- 1952
- 1 negative : acetate, b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm.
- Series:
- Poignant, Axel, 1906-1986. Photographs of Aboriginal life and customs, including Goulburn Island South, Liverpool River, Melville Island, Bathurst Island, Milingimbi, Arnhem Land and Elcho Island districts
- Summary:
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"Gedower selecting vegetable fibres which come from various sources such as bark (e.g. of hibiscus) or bark of certain roots, to make string. He rolls the two strands together... String has many uses ranging from fish nets to manufacture of totemic objects." --Label on reverse of print version.
- Notes:
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- Title from label attached to the print version.
- Part of the collection: Photographs of Aboriginal life and customs, including Goulburn Island South, Liverpool River, Melville Island, Bathurst Island, Milingimbi, Arnhem Land and Elcho Island districts.
- PIC Cold Store Row A4/5/3 [PIC AP A] Folder 1 #PIC/5936/231 copy Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Also available as a print, located in Album 1128.
- Published in: Encounter at Nagalarramba / Roslyn Poignant with Axel Poignant. Canberra : National Library of Australia, 1996, p. 106.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Poignant, Axel, 1906-1986
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- Copyright restrictions may apply.
- Exhibited:
- Exhibited: "In a New Light 2", National Library of Australia, 2 December 2004 - 28 March 2005.
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Photographs of Aboriginal life and customs, including Goulburn Island South, Liverpool River, Melville Island, Bathurst Island, Milingimbi, Arnhem Land and Elcho Island districts.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1952
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