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IPSMG:R.1925.54

Ipswich Collections

Tjurunga (also spelled Churinga) made of wood. Flat, light wood, rounded at one end and pointed at the other. A hole drilled into one end with a circle bored around it. Pattern on face shows 6 sets of concentric squares. On reverse he beginnings of three circles as decoration, unfinished. Stuck-on label: 'Letter stick or similar(?) West Australia (N.W.) A Bell'. Registration number marked on in black ink: '1925.54' and in pencil at the pointed end incorrectly '1928-54'. Collected by the missionary Rev V.N. Sherwin of the Forest River Mission at the request of Mr Alfred Bell.

Australia, Western, Kimberley, Cambridge Gulf

19th Century, late, 20th Century, early

length: 25.00 cm