IDNO

LS.109092.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Australia.
Wooden churinga of Arunta, Urabunna and Luritcha tribes.
[Diagram of photograph showing seven churinga, numbered 1-7.]
1. [centre] Chimbaliri (Urabunna).
2. [bottom] Bell Bird (Luritcha).
3. [second from bottom] Frog.
4. [second from top] Lizard.
5. [top] Emu.
6. [on right] V. old Lizard.
7. [on left] Churinga wrapped in bark, as when carried about.
All Arunta but 1 & 2." [first manuscript in ink]
"Nat. T.C.A. fig.20." [second manuscript in ink]

Documentary photograph of seven wooden churinga or sacred sticks of the Urabunna, Luritcha and Arunta tribes, and identified by Baldwin Spencer and Gillen as follows:
"1, Chimbaliri of the Urabunna tribe; 2, Churinga of bell-bird totem, Luritcha tribe; 3, Churinga of frog totem, Arunta tribe; 4, Churinga of lizard totem, Arunta tribe; 5, Churinga of emu totem, Arunta tribe; 6, very old Churinga of lizard totem, Arunta tribe; 7, Churinga wrapped in bark as it is when carried about." Number 1 refers to the largest churinga in the centre, number 2 is on the left and 5 on the right; number 6 is the largest on the bottome and number 7 the smaller one on top.
Baldwin Spencer, W. and F. J. Gillen, 1912. Across Australia (Macmillan, London), Vol. I, p. 208, fig 84.
Baldwin Spencer, W., 1928. Wanderings in Wild Australia (Macmillan, London), Vol. I, p. 274, fig. 156 with the same caption. [WV 27/1/2009]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Central Australia

Cultural Affliation

Arunta; Arabana [historically Urabunna]; Luritcha

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

Collection Name

Teaching Slide CollectionHaddon Unmounted Collection

Source

?Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Publication: Image published in Baldwin Spencer, W. and F. J. Gillen, 1912. Across Australia (Macmillan, London), Vol. I, p. 208, fig 84. with the following caption:
"1, Chimbaliri of the Urabunna tribe; 2 [left of middle row], Churinga of bell-bird totem, Luritcha tribe; 3, Churinga of frog totem, Arunta tribe; 4, Churinga of lizard totem, Arunta tribe; 5, Churinga of emu totem, Arunta tribe; 6, very old Churinga of lizard totem, Arunta tribe; 7, Churinga wrapped in bark as it is when carried about."

Publication: Image published in Baldwin Spencer, W., 1928. Wanderings in Wild Australia (Macmillan, London), Vol. I, p. 274, fig. 156, with the same caption as above. [Wonu Veys 28/1/2009]

Photographer: Note in Baldwin Spencer, W. and F. J. Gillen, 1927, p. xiii states all photos were taken by the authors. [WV 23/1/2009]

Expedition: Note in Baldwin Spencer, W. and F. J. Gillen, 1927. The Arunta. A Study of a Stone Age People (Macmillan, London), Vol. I , on p. vii states that Baldwin Spencer and Gillen spent four consecutive months with the Aranda (Arunta) people in 1896. The results of this stay were first published in 1899, in the "Native Tribes of Central Australia." [WV 10/2/2009]