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: Lubra, an Australian aborigine woman, 1850


Lubra, an Australian aborigine woman, 1850

Lubra, an Australian aborigine woman of Port Philip, pictured in 1850 with her hunting spear. She wears sheepskin here, with some tattooing or scarification visible on her chest

Picture No
10794682
Media ID
46646704
Size
3500px x 4859px (2.5MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Engraving after a daguerreotype by Douglas T. Kilburn in the Illustrated London News, 1850
Date
1850

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Aborigine Scarification Sheepskin


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