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Tjurunga (Churinga)

20th century

Object PlaceAustralia

Medium/TechniqueStone

DimensionsLegacy: 33 in.

Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel

Accession number2014.1077

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsRitual objects

Collections

ProvenanceAlex Bortignon (dealer), Perth, Australia. October 24, 1991, sold by Peter Adler Tribal Art and Antiques, London, to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 10, 2014)

NOTE: The MFA consulted with the Cultural Property division of the Ministry for the Arts, Australia, before accessioning the churinga.