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#1039 Aboriginal woman holding club Carte-de-visite photograph, c 1874-1891 Photographer: Saul Solomon Printed on reverse: S. Solomon, School of Photography, 51 Rundle St. Adelaide. 100 x 62 mm A contrived studio setting using artefacts as props. The subject, dressed in possum skins (southeast Australia), holds an enormous sword club (Northern Queensland); to her left leans a very long spearthrower (Queensland); below that a small club, lil-lil (probably from Western New South Wales), rests on an angle against a parrying shield; a coiled basket lies on the ground to her right. Very good condition; minor staining lower right (not affecting image).