• Title
  William Anderson Cawthorne : [album of sketches of the Aborigines of South Australia, ca. 1855]
• Creator
  W. A. Cawthorne, 1825-1897
• Call number
  PXA 1490
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1855
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings, Watercolours
• Reference code
  430675
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 album (26 watercolour drawings) - 33.5 x 21.4 x 3.5 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  1. [A Midlah - propelling stick for the spear. Plate IV]
  2. [A Kyah or Kyad - a spear. Plate III]
  3. [A Cootpe - a reed spear. Plate II]
  4-5. [The Mulubakka and Wocaltee - shields. Plates V, VI, or VII]
  6. A Warrior
  7. [Six Wirri - implement used for fighting and hunting. Plate VIII]
  8. A "Lubra" woman ornamented with beads etc.
  9. [The Waarpoo - a dagger. Plate IX]
  10. Penunda Creek / W.A.C.
  11. A native encampment
  12. "Surupe" [portrait of an Aboriginal male]
  13. [A Kariwoppa - large bunch of emu feathers. Plate XVIII]
  14. [A Shield]
  15. [Native method of tree climbing]
  16. [Playthings - Pando (ball) and Kandomarugutta (sling). Some items from Plate XI]
  17. [Five Uwinda - large spear. Plate I]
  18. [Weapons]
  19. [Portrait of an unidentified male]
  20. Winkouwinkou. No.7 [portrait]
  21. A Corrobbery [i.e. Corroboree]. No.6
  
  PORTRAITS (Nos. 22 to 26)
  22. Wang-wood-tja / W.A.C.
  23. A "Lubra"
  24. "Chingching"
  25. Coonara
  26. Booyen-ge-a Lubra
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Some of these sketches were intended to accompany Cawthorne's; Sketch of the Aborigines of South Australia Their Manners, Customs ... (A 1477). The titles and plate numbers in brackets are taken from this manuscript.
  Paper label inside front cover, "Supplied by / The Museum Book Store, / 45 Museum Street, / London, W.C."
  Digital order no:Album ID : 824098
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Some drawings are titled below image.
  Two drawings are initialled, "W.A.C"
• Topic
  Aboriginal customs
  Aboriginal elders
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  camps
  corroborees
  creeks
  
  portraits
  shields (weapons)
  weapons
  

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