Carving, Australia, Desert Central

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Item X 87920 Tirilya | Animal figure. Pitjantjatjara. Uluru [Ayers Rock], Desert Central, Northern Territory, Australia. /02/1988

Local Name

Tirilya

Physical Description

Echidna curled up carved from River Redgum. Crescentric shaped object with hot-poker work decoration. Scale design on upper side of carving in shape of interconnected arcs. The head has pokerwork eyes and nose. Mottled pokerwork effect in each arc.

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Object/Medium

Animal figure
Maker

Pulya
Cultural Groups

Pitjantjatjara
Locality

Uluru [Ayers Rock], Desert Central, Northern Territory, Australia
Date Produced

/02/1988
Collector

Gaye Sculthorpe
Date Collected

1988
Object Measurements

170 mm (Length), 150 mm (Width), 100 mm (Height)
Classification

Bunjilaka, Many nations, Animal creations
Date Made

1988
Maker

Pulya Taylor
Clan/Language Group

Yankuntjatjara
Place Made

Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia
Indigenous Region

Desert, Australia
Keywords

Carving
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Central and Western and South Australian Ethnographic

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Item X 87920 Tirilya | Animal figure. Pitjantjatjara. Uluru [Ayers Rock], Desert Central, Northern Territory, Australia. /02/1988

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