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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1944.4.3 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name Tjuringa Description Tjurunga (also spelt Churinga) carved into the shape of a fish with a mouth and a hole drilled for an eye. Three numbers marked on the object: in white ink '10656', in pencil '1944-4' and in black ink '1944.44.3' [the last is incorrect]. Unfinished decoration. Production place Melanesia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea Production period 20th Century, early Material wood Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

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IPSMG:R.1944.4.3
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

Tjuringa
Description

Tjurunga (also spelt Churinga) carved into the shape of a fish with a mouth and a hole drilled for an eye. Three numbers marked on the object: in white ink '10656', in pencil '1944-4' and in black ink '1944.44.3' [the last is incorrect]. Unfinished decoration.
Production place

Melanesia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
Production period

20th Century, early
Material

wood