M0008725: Plaster mould of two Arrernte men using an ungakura pointing apparatus: front view

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Figures of the Arunta tribe using ungakura pointing apparatus

Plaster mould of two men of the Arrernte people, also known as Aranda or Arunta, a group of Aboriginal Australian people living in the Arrernte lands in central Australia. The sculpture was made by Jane Jackson in 1942. It was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is now held by the Science Museum (object number A654548). It is possibly based on a photograph published in Spencer, Baldwin and Gillen, F. J: The northern tribes of central Australia, London: Macmillan and Co.; New York : The Macmillan Company, 1927. Related images: M0008683, M0008726, M0008727, M0008728

31 December 1942

1 photograph sheet film negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.