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Kai Kai, a Western Arrernte man
Herbert Basedow1920
National Museum of Australia
Canberra, Australia
glass plate negative
National Museum of Australia
A clever man and the oldest Aboriginal male Herbert Basedow met at Henbury, Kai Kai could recall the arrival of the first non-Indigenous people to the district. Here he is wearing a cap of emu feathers and human hair-string, called a 'memba', to cover his baldness.
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- Title: Kai Kai, a Western Arrernte man
- Creator: Herbert Basedow
- Date: 1920
- Location: Henbury station, Northern Territory
- External link: A Different Time
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