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Description: | Incised rectilinear pattern stained red CULT Australian aboriginal: Bidungu probably 19th century Inland north of the Murchison River, North-west Australia Churinga are sacred objects which are usually kept in a secret place and only brought out for very special occassions. They can be made of shell, wood or stone and ones with a hole bored in one end are called bull roarers. The meaning of the markings on a churinga is only known to certain tribal members who have been instructed sacred aspects of tribal history. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SPINE_CLEMENT : TJURINGA : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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