Wooden ritual object
- Made:
- 1870-1920
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Wooden ritual object, called churinga, shaped like blade, painted red and covered with yellow rings, used by Arnta tribe of Central Australia, 1870-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A157954
- Materials:
- wood
- type:
- ritual object
- credit:
- Glendining
