Pitjantjatjara boys preparing for the Mountain Devil ceremony, South Australia, 1940 [picture]
- Bib ID:
- 4926761
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Mountford, Charles P. (Charles Pearcy), 1890-1976
- Description:
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- 1940
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.7 x 8.1 cm.
- Series:
- Central Australia photograph album.
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer from inscription and reference sources.
- In album: Central Australia photograph album.
- Inscriptions: "Boy's Mountain Devil Ceremony"--Below image.
- Condition: Silvering.
- The photographs published by Mountford have been cropped differently.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Published in: Aborigines and their country / Charles P. Mountford. Rigby : Adelaide, 1969, p. 55, with caption: Boy in Mountain Devil ceremony being decorated with a goanna design.
- Published in: Brown men and red sand / Charles Mountford. Melbourne : Sun Books, 1967, opposite page 33, with caption: Ceremony of the Mountain Devil '...the other boys, ranging from seven to thirteen years, were already being decorated by their companions.'
- Published in: Nomads of the Australian desert / Charles P. Mountford. Adelaide : Rigby, 1976, p. 494 (pl. 639), with caption: Tail of lizard, Tjuntapi, on back of performer.
- Subject:
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Central Australia photograph album.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1940
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