print
- Museum number
- Oc,B92.11
- Description
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Print; drawing of a Tasmanian Aboriginal woman, wearing a neck ornament, and clothing made from animal skins, possibly kangaroo. She has scarification on her arms; Tasmania, Australia.
Printed
- Production date
- 19thC(late)
- Dimensions
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Height: 22.30 centimetres
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Width: 14.20 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- This woman can be seen in a plate in H Ling Roth, 'The Aborigines of Tasmania', 2nd edition, 1899 facing page 17 as well as British Museum drawing by Thomas Bock, Oc 2006, Drg. 76 (Trukanini). The caption in Roth (1899) of this and an image of a Tasmanian Aboriginal man is: 'Portraits of male and female Aborigines from copies by E.M. Roth (Mrs. Kingdon Ellis) of water colours drawings supposed to have been made by Bock, in the possession of the Anthropological Institute. While these portraits possibly give a good representation of the 'get up' of the natives, the features are not correctly drawn, as a comparison with the photographs will indicate'.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Aborigines of Tasmania 2nd ed
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,B92.11
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 13840 (Photographic series number)
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Miscellaneous number: 9 (Photographic series number)