B/W prints - Shelter - National Museum of Photography

Containers:: Folio-Box 214
Component identifier:: File 442
Content Summary:: Black and white prints. Marked "12" in top left corner ; signed by Penny Tweedie bottom right. Appears in book Aboriginal Australians : Spirit of Arnhem Land - pp 136-137. Caption devised from information in this book and from laminated card with the item, which reads in full: Playing with ngangiyal, a special pandanus tent at Manikkapitji. "This is ngangiyal, special tent made of woven pandanus. It is used for women's business. In old times when a young girl got her first period they put her inside the tent, away from the camp. The old women looked after her till it was over. Today we are going to use the tent in a healing ceremony. Elsie is sick, so we brought her back to Manikapitji, her country, to make her better." - Judy Baypungnala

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