Alcheringa Images

Churinga

Churinga, stone tablet coloured red. Indigenous name: inditjera. Purchased from Pastor Nikolaus Wettengel, active at Hermannsburg Mission 1901–1906

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Details

Collector/creator
Nikolaus Wettengel
Time collected
Early 20th century
Location collected
Arrernte people, Central Australia
Transfer history
Ethnological Museum, Berlin > >
Current museum
Estonian National Museum, Tartu
Time deposited to current museum
1937
Current museum number
C 32:49
Material
Stone, ochre
Measurements
Length 18.5 cm, width 7.5 cm
Source/publication/study
Estonian National Museum Inventory