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Shale Churinga of the Female Totem
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Object Number 2004.24.25611
Display Title Shale Churinga of the Female Totem
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Ritual
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Churinga
  • Shale
  • Totem
Department Photographic
Date 1968
Artist Arsen E. Charles
Culture
  • Loritja
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Macdonnell Ranges
Additional Geographic Terms North Territory
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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Raw Material
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Ornament
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Shaft, modified
Raw Material
Communication artifacts
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Shaft, modified
Carving
Northern Territory
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Vancouver Island
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Vancouver Island
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Ornament
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