Previous Aboriginal Ceremonies Central Australia - Ngajakula

Ceremonial wooden ''kurdiji'', (shields) and a ''mangaya'' ceremonial object with decorations relating to snake dreaming, prepared for a ''Ngajakula'' or ''Kurangarra'' ceremony in Lajamanu. Designs are painted and stuck on with ''wamurlu'' wild cotton, dyed with red ochre.

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Ceremonial shields

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Fri Jul 01, 1977


 

 

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