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Author Mountford, Charles P. (Charles Pearcy), 1890-1976, author

Title Australian aboriginal portraits / Charles P. Mountford
Published Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press ; London ; New York : Cambridge Uni. Press, 1967
[Melbourne] : Melbourne University Press, 1967

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB  305.89915 Mou/Aap  AVAILABLE
Description 89 pages : illustrations, chiefly portraits ; 28 cm
Summary Plates covering 6 subjects - the babies, childhood, initiation, womens life, tribal elders & Pukamuni burial ceremony (Melville Island); each illustration accompanied by explanatory remarks, mainly covers north & Central Australia
This remarkable series of camera portraits is a fruit of Mountford's unique experiences over many years of travel in remote areas of Australia
Notes "Drawings by Jane Robinson." -- inside cover
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Pictorial works.
Aboriginal Australians -- Portraits.
Aboriginal Australians -- Portraits.
Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs.
Aboriginal Australians.
Indigenous peoples.
Genre/Form Illustrated works.
Portraits.
Author Robinson, Jane.
LC no. 66021651