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Names

Name PrimaryCarl Strehlow Collection

Name AlternatePastor Carl Friedrich Theodor Strehlow (1871-1922)

Name AbbreviatedStrehlow

IDs

ID LocalSAMA 19

ID UriOffline Only

Descriptions

Brief DescriptionMore than 180 Aboriginal artefacts made by Western Arrernte people, collected by Carl Strehlow at Hermannsburg Lutheran Mission in the western MacDonnell Ranges, C.A. in 1913.

Full DescriptionCeremonial and secular objects.

RightsOut of copyright

AccessRestricted access to secret sacred objects

NoteSpecimen list in specimen documentation file, S.A. Museum. This collection is one of at least seven similar collections assembled by Carl Strehlow at Hermmansburg during the years 1906-1917. This collection was impounded by Federal Customs authorities in Adelaide, 1914, and was compulsorily acquired, having been deemed to contain objects of important cultural heritage. Strehlow provided full ethnographic description of like objects in his seven volume Die Aranda- und Loritja Stamme (ed. von Leonhardi, Städtisches Völker-Museum, Frankfurt, Germany, 1907-20). Related collection notes: Associated archival component held in the SAM Archives and in State Records Office, South Australia; Strehlow Research Centre, Alice Springs; similar ethnographic collections assembled by Carl Strehlow held in German museums. Entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography Online: http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120138b.htm

Subjects

local?; Aboriginal material culture; Axe; Bag; Bags; Basket; Boomerang; Carl Strehlow; Ceremonial objects; Club; Container; Cordage; Fire-making; Food; Knife; Material; Medical; Message; Musical instrument; Narcotic; Ornament; Pigment; Plume; Shield; Sorcery; Spear; Spear-thrower; Tools; Toy

aptAboriginal artefacts; Aboriginal culture; Aboriginal peoples (Australians); Food

scotAboriginal peoples; Artefacts; Ceremonial objects; Drugs; Indigenous foods; Indigenous medicine; Musical instruments; Pigments; Sorcery; Toys

pontAnthropological specimens; Ceremonial objects; Containers; Edged Weapons; Personal adornments; Projectile weapons; Tools; Toys; Weapons

person_orgPastor Carl Friedrich Theodor Strehlow

Coverage Spatial

TextHermannsburg; Finke River; MacDonnell Ranges; Central Australia; Northern Territory

Coverage Temporal

From1913

To1914

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Dates

Date Record Updated2012-05-30 23:41

Date Created in MME2011-03-18 18:40