Northern, Central and Southern Arnhem Land

Women of Elcho Island

After a burial ceremony in Galiwin'ku community on Elcho Island, off the north coast of Arnhem Land; one woman has mourning paint on her face, another is smoking a pipe: smoking was introduced by the Macassans, traders who came from Indonesia in the 19th century.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Mon Aug 30, 1976
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