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Aboriginal woman with a 'sword-club' or 'rainforest sword', Australia, ~1880
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It is early because my first thought was wondering why her top wasn't sepia like the rest of the picture.
I was thinking “was the boob tube invented back then and did the idea migrate here or to there”.
It’s not even that early here!
Them Victorian mores
I'm sorry, it says here, mopes.